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queer_bookwyrm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin is book one in the Inheritance trilogy. This book is hard to describe. It's a secondary world adult fantasy that is very complicated. As with all Jemisin's works, I'm left feeling like I'm not smart enough to read it, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
We follow Yeine, who is telling the story by recalling it as if in a memory, but it doesn't become clear to whom until much later. She has been summoned to Sky (the palace) by her grandfather to become one of the heirs alongside her twin cousins Scimina and Relad. Sky is a dangerous place for someone unused to the ways of the Arameri, between treacherous relatives and the enslaved gods who live there. Yeine is pulled into a political and godly battle where she is a pawn for both.
This book was so involved. Jemisin does an excellent job of building cultures. I loved the creation story she weaves with the Three: Itempas (day), Enefa (dawn and dusk), and Nahadoth (night). I don't know how else to describe what is happening in this story than to just say it is complex. Similar to her Broken Earth Trilogy, you don't really know what is going on until you're most of the way through the book, but I couldn't put it down. Her writing is so beautiful that you are transported
This is a story about free will, freedom, forgiveness, and agency. It also sets up a redemption arc for one of the characters. I really liked Yeine as a character. I loved that she isn't just one thing (iykyk). She is angry and fearful, loving and ruthless. Her relationship with Nahadoth is also complex and compelling. Sieh definitely stole the show for me though. A god who embodies childhood, and he's just so sweet. Like Yeine, I couldn't help but love him.
If this review confuses you, you'll just have to read the book and be even more confused 😂. I'm looking forward to book two l, since it will have a lot more world-building and focus on different characters.
Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Torture, Violence, Deadnaming, and Slavery
Moderate: Incest and Suicide
Minor: Child abuse
maritareads's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Torture, Slavery, Violence, and Sexual content
Moderate: Pedophilia, Death of parent, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: War and Self harm
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Colonisation, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Violence, Classism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, War, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual content, and Incest
Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Alcohol, and Rape
barda's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Blood, Torture, Death of parent, Pedophilia, War, Sexual violence, Rape, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Death
Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol
jenmcvay's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Torture, Classism, Slavery, and Sexual content
Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Blood
pnonikki's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, War, Abandonment, Confinement, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Slavery, Incest, Grief, and Alcoholism
Minor: Rape, Sexual content, and Pedophilia
cleot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Murder, Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, Gore, Sexual assault, and Slavery
Minor: Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Cannibalism
lorendia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Slavery, Blood, Torture, Body horror, and Rape
emilycfox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, Death of parent, Murder, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Racism, Sexual content, War, Colonisation, and Genocide
Minor: Rape
kemrick19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Torture, Blood, Death of parent, War, Incest, Murder, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, and Pedophilia