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The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin

12 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 against another edition

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

cleot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Pedophilia, Slavery, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Genocide, Adult/minor relationship, and Incest

libraryraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, and Violence

thoughtsontomes's review

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

3.0

I really enjoy what the series does world-building wise with the gods and their natures but really feel this would be better without all the romances. Particularly in this installment it is very uncomfortable because the god is a child god but also one of the oldest gods and lines get blurred in uncomfortable ways. But the way this wrapped up felt very full circle and like a myth in ways. I'd still recommend reading if you want to read all of Jemisin's backlog but her other series are far better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, and Incest

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Sexual violence

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

5.0

I love this series so much, it’s the kind of series I am immediately going to have to go search for fanfic for so I can inhale more content with these incredible characters. It was really fantastic to get more insight into Sieh’s character, I particularly love all his scenes with Itempas, they are truly wonderful and raw and painful. Their relationship is probably my favourite from the whole series, after Yeine/Naha. Brilliant series! 

Content warnings: violence, blood, incest (kind of, among the gods), pedophilia (past, mentioned), child sexual abuse (past, mentioned), rape (past, mentioned), underage sex, suicidal ideation, burning to death 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Rape, and Pedophilia

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

coffinfinite's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

I can at this point no longer give an unbiased review of any book in the Inheritance trilogy, because it has stolen my heart. This has been such a wonderful and heartbreaking journey, and when I finished The Kingdom of Gods at midnight last night I cried for a long while afterwards. Jemisin has created a fantasy world so vivid and well realised I felt like I could step through the pages into the world of the Kingdoms and their many gods, godlings and demons. The final book in the trilogy follows my favourite character from the first book, Sieh (who only makes a brief appearance in the second book) and I knew at once I was in for an emotional ride as he navigates the world in mortal form, struck down by a bargain made with a pair of unlikely twins.

Experiencing the narrative from Sieh's perspective was exciting, as previously he has only been observed by characters who perceive him as a child - being the God of childhood, he has an image to maintain. But this is a God of childhood who is untold millenia old, and his very nature is threatened as secrets from this long past begin to emerge. What follows is both tragic and gratifying as Sieh comes to grasp the gravity of what it means to grow up.

I would highly recommend this trilogy to anyone who loves fantasy, especially fantasy that revolves around pantheons and magic. Sieh is but one of a cast of many rich and nuanced characters, and his story kept me gripped through to the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Incest, Rape, Pedophilia, Slavery, Death of parent, Child death, and Death

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

mazomazli's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.5

I want to give this 4 stars but can’t because there was way too much incest that weirded me out sm. Like it’s all over and I get that it’s mainly amongst divine beings so they work differently but... NOT THE GOD OF CHILDHOOD SLEEPING WITH HIS PARENTS???? WHY??
This entire series I just want to bonk the author and characters and send them to horny jail. Like I’m concerned with these relationships in each book... 

And

WHAT WAS THAT SCENE WHERE SIAH F*CKS DAKA IN FRONT OF HIS SISTER?  *screams*

Anyway, you will be entertained that’s for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery