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A review by violentdelights
The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin
3.5
Second verse, same as the first - this book had all the same things I loved from the first book, but also the same struggles as well, the latter of which I found were unfortunately multiplied. Finding out that this was originally written to be a trilogy explained everything for me, because it all felt so…rushed. I remember reading the second last chapter and kept thinking that the last chapter must have been a hundred pages or something, because there was no way I felt it would be able to wrap everything up in one normal sized chapter. Unfortunately, I don’t feel that it did.
Additionally, I found that giving a name to the offensive aspect of their city magic took away part of
the magic of it, which worked best to me when it was a completely soft magic system. The characters and Jemisen’s writing pulled this through for me, and I still read this very quickly, but it was definitely a bit of a let down compared to the first book.
Additionally, I found that giving a name to the offensive aspect of their city magic took away part of
the magic of it, which worked best to me when it was a completely soft magic system. The characters and Jemisen’s writing pulled this through for me, and I still read this very quickly, but it was definitely a bit of a let down compared to the first book.