subcutaneous reviewed A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Won the 2020 Hugo for Best Novel. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare is posted far from her …
It was entertaining
I experienced this as an enjoyable palace intrigue like some other reviewers, but I didn't really find it particularly insightful on "assimilation and language and the seduction and horror of empire" (quote taken from the author's acknowledgments section). It's an interesting world and I'm looking forward to reading the sequel, but I can't say my mind was blown.