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adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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? No
5.0
This book is unlike any fantasy I've read! It was exhilarating, thrilling, terrifying, and moving all at once. The characters were complex, ambitious, and all-too-human. The plot was exciting and managed to keep pace the entire time even while backstories and side-plots were unraveling. If you like your anti-heroes tall, dark, cloaked in night, and as terrifying as they are sexy, Nahadoth will be right up your alley. If you like your heroines with a lot of fight, emotional complexity, and a heart that won't quit, you'll fall for Yeine as quickly as I did. Jemisin is a master of writing -- the entire book was so precisely and poetically written, filled with interesting scene and POV breaks, and provided an overall satisfying conclusion. It's sexy, it's dark, and it's a masterpiece of fiction.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Death, Death of parent, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Grief, Body horror, Blood, Addiction, and Alcoholism
Minor: Incest and Pedophilia
This book does have a lot of violence and a lot of torture. There is a code of slavery for both the gods and for the humans. There are mentions of incest and pedophilia but they are only mentioned and not displayed.
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