Identity is friggin complicated

I would recommend this to anyone who likes big stories with personal stakes... -and sci-fi.
Dont read this if you want everything in the world to be 100 persent thought through. The omnipresent AI does aproximately one scary thing and is not active in some places it absoluteley should be. thats the only complaint. Everything else is great

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capturing world

very well built world and very deep characters that you can relate to and sympathize with..
lots of twists and turns that will keep you wondering what could be happening
enjoyable from beginning to end, will surely get book 2

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It's worth the time

It is worth listening, even if it seems difficult to follow st first. As for a second-language listener I think I did not get everything and will have to listen again.
It's good for someone who can estimate political intrigues.

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Beautifully written intruige

Capturing plot and exquisite writing style make this a great experience!
I would recommend it to fans of intricate world-building & political intruige

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Somewhat predictable

sometimes you have narrators that act out the book and really seem to be enjoying the story themselves. This audiobook does not have such a narrator.

in all fairness, the way the story is written it doesn't give much opportunity to do so. It's an okay book but it may feel like you have heard the story before because it is just so bland.

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Joy(t) = exp(0.0000001 * t)

I suffered through the first third.
I was mildly entertained during the second third.
I deeply enjoyed the last third.

Unfortunately, there will be no shortcuts for you, either.

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5 Leute fanden das hilfreich

Spannend bis zum Ende

Das Buch schafft es immer wieder zu überraschen.
Mitunter können die Fremden Namen etwas Desorientierend sein dies trägt aber zur Geschichte bei.

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Political intrigue Sci-Fantasy

For me, who usually reads Fantasy, it was refreshing to listen to a novel that is a bit more Sci-Fi. It is more a mixture of both Fantasy and Sci-Fi. I liked the worldbuilding and the setup, and the main character grew on me easily.

The plot itself felt a bit weak at times. It consists mostly of political intrigue, trying to fit in at court and not knowing whom to trust. Which is highly interesting, don't get me wrong.
There is some action, but the story is never action-packed. If you expect epic fight scenes, you are definitely wrong here. The narration of the action is a bit panicky and distant, which I think fits well with the rest of the personality of our main character.

As I already said, the worldbuilding is interesting. Although it is Sci-Fi and has advanced technology, the Teixcalaanli culture highly values poems and language in general as an art. This gives it more of a "fantasy feel" for me, as the author revolves a culture around the world, and this culture is not the typical technological Sci-Fi culture. The novel also gets philosophical in its world, questioning the definition of self, which is a central element to this book.

The political playout in this book is great, although it can be annoying just a bit when the main character mentions every page that she doesn't know if she can trust that person. Still, I liked it and I especially loved the satisfactory ending of it all.

The alienation of belonging to another culture is a very relatable thing of the main character, and the author captures perfectly that inner conflict of wanting to belong but not wanting to give yourself up.

The audiobook was narrated nicely, and I could easily listen to it in the background, but I sometimes wished I had read the physical book to fully grasp the poems, ciphers and other little things.

So all in all 4 stars, cause I would highly recommend it but know that most of the other fantasy-readers might be a bit alienated by the slow pace of the boon.

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Just f***ing boring

I do NOT understand how this book got a Hugo award nor how it got so many positive reviews. The story is long winded, super confusing due to ultra-random character names and completely predictable plot.
I wish o could return this….

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