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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
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:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I have finished reading 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙒𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 by 𝙉.𝙆.𝙅𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣. It's got a really interesting premise; Cities have souls. New York City comes under attack, and six people come together to save the city. 𝙉.𝙆.𝙅𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣 doesn't waste any time on explanations, she gets right on telling the story with no real background information, assuming her readers will keep up. There is immediate exciting action. The characters are interesting and 𝘧𝘶𝘯 as the living embodiment of the 5 boroughs, and the sixth as the whole of New York. An enjoyable, exciting book, that would actually make a pretty cool movie! (Casting Tilda Swinton as the Woman in White, and Dr. White).
adventurous
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
What a fun Idea. Jemisin does an amazing job weaving 6 main characters together while making the story flow. Also each character is themselves and the embodiment of a burrow of New York but it's written so well that it doesn't get jumbled or confusing. There are a lot of heavy topics in this book like racism and gentrification of a city. It was hard at times for me to tell who the bad guys are and I can't wait to read the next book.
It took me a little while to get into this, just because it takes a little bit of a leap trying to imagine people as boroughs and whole cities. Jemisin writes challengingly, she wants you to do part of the work, to try to understand what it's like to embody part of an enormous city and to face seemingly unsurmountable challenges when you've only just become who you're meant to be. But I loved the characters, the women are fantastic and the men are really unusual, and everyone blends together really well. It's a truly modern novel as well, and unapologetically political. A unique novel from a unique writer.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
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:
Yes
This was incredibly imaginative. Only NK Jemisin could envision the five Burroughs of New York as avatars and have those avatars be so nuanced and accurate. (I'd love to know how a Staten Islander feels). Her imagery of NY being a living thing jumped off the page. I also loved how NK Jemisin laid out the stakes of losing by highlighting the downfall or failures of other cities. Excellent writing, as usual.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated