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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
Not for me. The language and action of the first few chapters repelled me a bit even though i love the author.
fast-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
I will come back to this eventually, just in too much of a reading slump to read such a monster ;-;
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-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
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It took me so long to finish this book... some days I was reading maybe a page at a time. Like many others, I loved the Broken Earth trilogy and had a lot of hope for this series. For the majority of this book I felt like the characters were caricatures (and I know they were avatars, but to me that didn't mean they had to be caricatures as well). The plot pacing felt slow and didn't pay off with a satisfying climax. I did find myself enjoying the last maybe 10-20% of the story, at least more than the beginning. I'm not sure that I will be continuing the series.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Powers and Principalities-ish
Amazing, amazing book... N. K. Jemisin cemented her place as my favorite author with this book.
For those of you who are a little theologically inclined, this book can be seen as a reflection of the inner life of powers and principalities. The personification of cities give cities souls in a Revelations-like angel of the cities kind of way.
If you're not theologically inclined (and I don't think the book is meant to be), you'll love letting go to this leap-in-thought book, too. It's fun and crazy and maddening and brilliant, brilliant, brilliant...
Amazing, amazing book... N. K. Jemisin cemented her place as my favorite author with this book.
For those of you who are a little theologically inclined, this book can be seen as a reflection of the inner life of powers and principalities. The personification of cities give cities souls in a Revelations-like angel of the cities kind of way.
If you're not theologically inclined (and I don't think the book is meant to be), you'll love letting go to this leap-in-thought book, too. It's fun and crazy and maddening and brilliant, brilliant, brilliant...
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
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
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This was so good wow! I've really been wanting to read a N.K. Jemisin novel but I'm not a big fan of high fantasy so this was the perfect middle ground. The concept was very interesting, basically, as cities become larger they gain individual personalities and those personalities are represented by real people who are granted the cities power when it's born. It was a really fun read and it got major bonus points from me by shitting on Lovecraft IE my favorite pass time.