A review by 16marym
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

5.0

i always start my reviews off by saying ‘i didn’t expect to like this book’ but i really was pleasantly surprised by this one! there were a lot of things that shouldn’t have worked— the setting never changed, there were only like seven important characters and i literally couldn’t for the life of me remember the main character’s name (yeine lol) 

despite this, i really enjoyed this book. every time i picked it up it was hard to put down, and i really had no issues understanding the lore or magic system even though it was a bit confusing. all of the characters were so human— their emotions and motivations were written so well, i didn’t feel anyone was truly an ‘enemy’ just an antagonist. 

the end was crazyyy and i loved the build-up to that moment. i like that human yeine didn’t end up with a all encompassing god as a lover. that would have been pretty unbalanced and i really enjoyed the avatar moment at the end. i liked the creativity and the parallels. 

i think a lot of my interest in reading this came from my mythology class! i loved the way jemisin portrayed the gods. 

i really can’t wait to read the rest of the trilogy! i want to know what’s up.