This book is a hot mess.
There were a lot of implications, that I find very hard to deal with. For example a black and white thinking "if we only remove the great evil, we can all live in peace"
The portrayal of the native andeans was infuriating. They do not have magic, they are not standing on equal feet and never have done so. There was never a moment in time where the white colonialists had to fear for their wealth. And the ending was disappointing. Also the whole Koka leave thing makes me angry, too. The whole Morales metaphor makes me angry. Atoc rebelled to get the throne, killing people. Morales was elected three times. And then he went megalomaniac.
The Spanish was horrible and annoying. Why not just call orange juice orange juice? Why not just write please. Why should the natives who speak the old language use the Spanish language again? So many issues.
But the book does have some appeal, in some way. If you ignore a lot of stuff, some parts of the plot is nice and the writing is decent.