A review by lighterthaneyre
The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The pacing and magic type felt very different from what I expected from Jemisin- not in a bad way, but in a way that took me off guard. I would say that these books are speaking to emotional truths, not logical truths. In a different magic system, I think we would have needed a third book to resolve the plot, and I think what happens works here, but it was not something I expected.

The final confrontation is a conversation, and that does work, but it's so different from how every other confrontation went down in the series/the genre as a whole, it was a little jarring. I also think it would be hard to continue the metaphorical battles, because the things being fought are still issues being grappled with today. We don't know how to solve the issues, so they can't be metaphor-ed into kaiju.