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The Long War
Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
8.5
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A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up...
Jake (52 KP) rated A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) in Books
Jul 25, 2019
Some of the concepts and the worldbuilding were fantastic. Some of the names and places were a little too crazy (using old Mayan language as a basis? Teixalaan is the easiest of the weird words you'll find). Some of the world systems and culture didn't seem to make sense but I went with it anyways.
I was debating on rating it 4 stars but the ending was so poor. See spoiler below for some high-level spoils.
<spoiler>No huge climax, no really interesting turn of events, no facing the alien threat, no facing your darkest fear or something. Just... blah.</spoiler>
Anyway I won't be reading any sequels and I almost wish I would have stopped 3/4 of the way through when I understood the politics fully. Good luck.
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