A Desolation Called Peace

I'm begrudgingly admitting to liking this book. I was pretty meh about the first book in the Teixcalaan series, A Memory Called Empire, and I wasn't looking forward to reading the sequel. However, it won the 2022 Hugo Award and was nominated for a slew of others, including the 2021 Lambda Literary Award. Since I've read all the Hugos, and since I've been reading all the Lammy nominees of late, I buckled down and read it. Starting it was like pulling teeth. It had all the pitfalls that I didn't like from the first book, the wacky names, the character statements interrupted by long prose, and tons of politics. It took me nearly a week to get through the first third of the book. Then it was Saturday, and I read the last 300 pages. And I got it, and I liked it. So yeah, I'll admit to agreeing with the Hugo voters on this one.

Come visit my blog for the full review...