A review by jukaschar
The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

3.0

I'm sorry to say - even though I love tea and dumplings - this novella didn't work that well for me. I found the premise and worldbuilding interesting, but for most of the time, the story seemed to lack sense of direction. It is absolutely possible that this intentional, given that the novella falls into the category of detective stories.
The character descriptions were a bit repetitive in my eyes, for me some of the dialogue and descriptions could have well been switched up for more background information.