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The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
5.0
adventurous dark emotional funny reflective tense 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: Complicated

 I started this book fully prepared to not like it. I don’t care about New York, I have never been there, and tbh I think people who make loving it/being from there their entire personality need to touch grass. But I love the other books I’ve read from N.K. Jemisin so I wanted to give it a go and I am so glad I did because I had the best freaking time with this!!

The City We Became is part Lovecraftian sci-fi/horror, part love letter to the city of New York and its unique and individual counterparts. The concept: cities, once they grow big enough, Become. They awaken, alive and bright and conceptually represented by a person. But this causes a compilation to the multi-verse and when New York starts to wake up, Bad Shit Happens. Enter the avatars, the people chosen to represent the burrows of New York, the Lady in White, a multiverse baddy here to shit on your lawn, and a boatload of chaos and identity crises.

I don’t understand how Jemisin does it but this was simultaneously funny, wholesome, action-packed, and so, so endearing. Seriously I loved everything about this book, from the insanely loveable characters to the world building to the whole mind-blowing concept underpinning it all. This might, in fact, be my favourite book by her so far and I will be shortly leaping headfirst into devouring book 2 because I am so desperate to know how things will pan out for these people!! Highly recommend this!