A review by thoughtsontomes
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

While the end of the last book was promising, this added so many POVs that felt pointless and distracted from the story I wanted, which was more exploration of the imagos and more of the first contact. Some of those POVs played a part in the last part of the book, but I still think it could have been done in a more condesned and less meandering way. I found myself not caring about the extra POVs. We went from 1 POV in book one to 4+ in this book. Also, there were a lot of loose ends not tied up with those POVs in any satisfying way. The authors writing is good, but I didn't like how it was applied to this plot. 
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