A Memory Called Empire

Arkady Martine
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A Memory Called Empire

Ann Walker
5/3/2019
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Very fast paced and enjoyable to read. My only quibble is how quickly the new Ambassador became friends with her assistant/liaison - I would have imagined a period of very rigid professionalism, followed by a gradual thaw, and then respect, and eventual friendship - but the whole book takes place in a very compressed time period, so all that had to fly by the wayside. It was not like anything else I've read recently, so that was a big plus. (Also, I am supposed to say that I won this in a Goodreads giveaway. But it was on my to-read list anyway before that.)