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joelh.social · @joelh.social@bridge.neodb.net

Rated A Memory Called Empire 6/10

A Memory Called Empire sets up an amazing world centered around a complex imperial empire and it plays with some great sci-fi and philosophical concepts as well. It's a political thriller with a sci-fi backdrop and some things to say about imperialism. All good stuff!<br/><br/>There's a good chance there are a lot of people out there that will fall in love with this book. I'm not one of them.<br/><br/>I liked it, and I see that it has done what it set out to do very well, but I felt like I was pushing through the book rather than being pulled along by the story. <br/><br/>This might be a case of me being burnt out on space imperialism (I finished Ancillary Sword not long ago too) but I just don't have any motivation to pick up the second book in the series. <br/><br/>3.5/5 for me, but I totally understand the 5/5 reviews. It's an objectively great book, but not for me.

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Published 2025-11-09 20:34 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere