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The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin

9 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death of parent, Grief, Body horror, Classism, Incest, Sexual content, Slavery, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Rape, Infidelity, Child death, and Sexual assault

barda's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Incest, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pedophilia, Death, Rape, War, Murder, Blood, Slavery, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

risaleel's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Dysphoria, Sexual content, and Classism

Moderate: Blood, Death, Murder, Colonisation, Incest, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

chaoticnostalgia's review

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Incest, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, and Pregnancy

laguerrelewis's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

This book is not a perfect end to the trilogy, and in that sense is it the best suit for this story. This is a series about the folly of gods and humanity and imperfection and mistakes and the beauty of it all—why would it end with a neat little bow? If you’ve gotten this far, you need little persuasion to continue reading, but Jemisin makes it worth your while with a character study that reveals multitudes about this lovely world she’s made.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, War, Incest, and Murder

Minor: Excrement and Rape

seanml's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I have finally reached the end of the journey. When starting the trilogy I did not anticipate its meandering plot, spotty worldbuilding, deux ex machinas, or plot twists that have no weight. For a series that involves a realm called the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, I was surprised to find that only a handful of these kingdoms came up. Now, the series isn’t terrible by any means; there are a good number of fun ideas. These are just vastly outnumbered by strange, meandering, underwhelming choices in plot. I’m sure this series resonates perfectly with some people, but I am not one of them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Cannibalism, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

nerdy_reader_9571's review

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Torture, Rape, and Colonisation

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Xenophobia

kylieqrada's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A five star series, my favorite work from N.K. Jemisin so far (that's saying alot), and potentially a favorite series of all time. I didn't realize that these books, while connected by a common core of characters and a general plot, are more companion novels than sequential books in an interconnected series. Usually with series like that, I inevitably fall more in love with one book/story more than the others. Not so here. I am trash for this entire series, and I'm SO glad my mom got me the giant bind-up so I can hop straight into the novella! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia