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A review by erin_a_ziraphale
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Wow, just wow.
I can tell that I liked the book, a lot, but at the same time it was a difficult read for me.
Maybe it was the pacing, maybe it is because I found it cartoonish and outlandish at times, it definitly is because it faced me with worst parts of myself, my own biases and my own faults as a person, ironically that was the part that draw me in and made this story one that will stay with me, forever safe in my soul.
This was a beautiful cacophiny, an amazing antithesis and something I will start shoving at all my friends and aquentancies faces' the moment it comes out on my native language.
I am starved for more N. K. Jemsin!!!
"I have hated this city. I have loved this city. I will fight for this city until it won't have me anymore."
I can tell that I liked the book, a lot, but at the same time it was a difficult read for me.
Maybe it was the pacing, maybe it is because I found it cartoonish and outlandish at times, it definitly is because it faced me with worst parts of myself, my own biases and my own faults as a person, ironically that was the part that draw me in and made this story one that will stay with me, forever safe in my soul.
This was a beautiful cacophiny, an amazing antithesis and something I will start shoving at all my friends and aquentancies faces' the moment it comes out on my native language.
I am starved for more N. K. Jemsin!!!
"I have hated this city. I have loved this city. I will fight for this city until it won't have me anymore."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism
We need a content warning for graphic depictions of Al-right bullshit, because only people emotionaly prepared to deal with that should engange.