Yeah, I had a lot of problems with this book, which I talked about here. My big problem was basically that I felt all the characters sounded and kinda acted the same, which sort of negated the claims from the first book that the culture of the Teixcalaanli vs the culture of the other smaller entities were very different in important ways.

I mean, I liked it a lot! I just wasn't overwhelmed by it the way I was with the first book.