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Date: 2025-06-11 01:24 pm (UTC)
mecurtin: Sally from Peanuts says I think I'll spend the day with a book (reading Sally)
From: [personal profile] mecurtin
I started it at 10pm on Monday when my pre-order dropped into my Kobo, stayed up too late, then just kept reading it yesterday. More or less in a gulp.

One thing I *really* appreciate about the world-building is that the look & feel of the Empire is clearly based on Imperial China, not medievelesque Europe. We've moved into a different set of tropes. The Nameless Land is more "European", and thus more barbaric.

The gender & trans stuff is handled so well, the way it's not a problem except when it can still be a problem, running up against people's expectations or powerful people's needs. Of course "Chinese-type Empire without massive patriarchy" is a HUGE fantasy, but hey, I figure we're allowed to have some fantasy in our fantasy, y'know?

Servant Mage is one of my faves, may be extra relevant right now, I should re-read. It's almost unique in the genre in being about Sam, not Aragorn, if you know what I mean.
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