jaw77 's review for:

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
3.0

I must be getting curmudgeonly as this was the 3rd 2020 book that good rave reviews that I was unenthusiastic about (other two were Uncanny Valley and Leave the World Behind). I felt that this traded too heavily in stereotypes, failed to grab my attention for the first 75% and generally felt flat. I read it for book club and everyone else liked it, and I will concede that there were some fantastic details and moments in the story. Just not enough to justify the pages turned.