Loved itBut I've read a memory called Empire twice and I wholeheartedly love that book. I have a standalone review for it that is spoiler free and somehow 24 minutes.
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A Memory Called Empire (2019)
Others: Mostly positive Won the 2020 Hugo for Best Novel. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare is posted far from her mining station home, to the Empire's glorious capital. Yet when she arrives, she discovers her predecessor was murdered. But no-one will admit his death wasn't accidental - and she might be next. Mahit must navigate the capital's deadly halls of power, while hunting the killer. She must also somehow stop the Empire from annexing her fiercely independent colony. As she sinks deeper into this seductive yet unfamiliar culture, Mahit engages in intrigues of her own. For she's hiding an extraordinary technological secret, one which might destroy her station and its way of life.Or it might save them all from annihilation.
- ISBN:
- 9781529001594
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- 462 pages
Genres: science fiction
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Loved it
MixedI definitely get why someone would think I would love this, but it was another one that was just a three. I had a good time. I think in the first half and then the second half I was just kind of ready for it to be over, which is not like the best feeling.
Loved itthis is one of the most fast-paced and intricate Sci-Fi series I have ever read
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Mixedboth were solid three stars
Loved itprimarily for all of the Thematic content and everything that it explores the first book is much more like Palace Intrigue and it talks a lot about like appreciating the art that comes out of Empire and like the difficulty of that of being able to see the beauty and appreciate the art but still being under the thumb of the empire
Loved itit is a space opera although there isn't much action and i would say the pacing is slow to medium but what it does focus on it executes really well it really dives into characters and relationships secrets and lies culture and language
Loved itthere's so much going on in this book I loved every single aspect of it I cannot think of a single flaw I absolutely we loved it