3.5/5 Gifted by the publisher

What I liked:
- the writing is immersive
- flawed yet relatable characters
- the historical setting
- exploration of imperialism and displacement of indigenous people

What didn’t work for me:
- there are A LOT of characters and multiple main plots going on it was hard to keep track of & I didn’t really care for half the characters until the very end
- very character-driven. Each character has a back story that sometimes get a bit tedious
- I wonder if this would’ve worked better as interconnected short stories and we just focus on one character in each chapter as opposed to a mash up of 10 POVs and 4 storylines