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A review by sinamile
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
5.0
CW/TW at end of review
Nahadoth:
Me: Yum, David!
1a. I have had a lot of false starts this one and that was mostly because I was so excited to read it I suddenly stopped and couldn't continue because I was also * stressed *
1b. Nahadoth is the original Night Lord (yes I'm writing it like that on purpose) and he is the best Night Lord (there are properly plenty of other little darklings and night kings, but Nahadoth is the OG for me until I am swayed by another! I have not been swayed yet—I'd say “I'm looking at you, Azriel of the Night Court”, but he is not a lord, so Nahadoth is still it).
2. Have you ever been stressed by a book you haven't even started. Well, that was me the first time I took hold of this book and was me the entire time I was reading this book and is still me because this is a trilogy.
3. We do not deserve N. K. Jemsini because her writing is delicious, lord, absolutely delicious.
CW/TW: parental death, imprisonment, torture, mention of/allusion to pedophilia, slavery, execution, ableist slurs, racial slurs, murder, alcaholism, bullying, racism, classism, religious bigotry, vomiting, PTSD, slavery, abuse, incest, slut shaming slurs, graphic torture, graphic violence, gore, body horror, knives/knife violence, trauma, grief, mourning, physical abuse, mention of illness, parental illness, murder, suicide/suicide ideation
Nahadoth:
Me: Yum, David!
1a. I have had a lot of false starts this one and that was mostly because I was so excited to read it I suddenly stopped and couldn't continue because I was also * stressed *
1b. Nahadoth is the original Night Lord (yes I'm writing it like that on purpose) and he is the best Night Lord (there are properly plenty of other little darklings and night kings, but Nahadoth is the OG for me until I am swayed by another! I have not been swayed yet—I'd say “I'm looking at you, Azriel of the Night Court”, but he is not a lord, so Nahadoth is still it).
2. Have you ever been stressed by a book you haven't even started. Well, that was me the first time I took hold of this book and was me the entire time I was reading this book and is still me because this is a trilogy.
3. We do not deserve N. K. Jemsini because her writing is delicious, lord, absolutely delicious.
CW/TW: parental death, imprisonment, torture, mention of/allusion to pedophilia, slavery, execution, ableist slurs, racial slurs, murder, alcaholism, bullying, racism, classism, religious bigotry, vomiting, PTSD, slavery, abuse, incest, slut shaming slurs, graphic torture, graphic violence, gore, body horror, knives/knife violence, trauma, grief, mourning, physical abuse, mention of illness, parental illness, murder, suicide/suicide ideation