I will just make another comment that using the names of historical figures for the characters is at once a masterstroke because it gives a character set-up right away (even if it is meant to be historically inaccurate) - again, very much like gaming - and also a little bit cartoony. Is it lazy characterisation or just very, very ironic? I can't decide.
I'll admit that this is a big thing stopping me from reading this book. Idk how to feel about this either.

Xiran Jay Zhao's pronoun is they, btw.