A review by tooyu
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

adventurous challenging medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This fucked me UP. The what makes a person a person through line combined with the heartbreak of Mahit loving a culture who will only ever think of her as an barbaric alien had me so stressed out and so hurt that I legitimately read half this book and then had to put it down and try to forget about it for a week. The sequel is better than I could have imagined and I am going to be thinking about it for a long time. 


Specifically the line: “Send—send us people. People to prove we are people.”
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