kmarks917 's review for:

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

4.0

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“He pretends to be less special than he is, because the world has punished him for loving himself. And yet he does. He knows he’s more than whatever superficialities strangers see and dismiss.” Is that what the city of New York is like?"

Was this basically a non-cliched love letter to New York City? Yes, and it was wonderful!