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The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

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vanessence's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

caseybones's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Hopefully this is the first in a new trilogy or duology and not a one-off – there’s so much about this universe I want to know. And from the perspective of a fourth-generation Brooklyn native, this book was PERFECT. No notes.

I’m not even mad that

Jersey City ends up being an honorary borough,

and of course

the Staten Island avatar is the betrayer;

how could the product of that environment be anything else?

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vonny3492's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

nhnabass's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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oz617's review against another edition

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2.0

The concept is great, the execution is like 90% buzzwords to the point that it reads like a Tumblr post circa 2012. I worked that out halfway through and was immediately confronted by Tumblr being namedropped twice in the next paragraph.