ASHBASKHJDFKSHkj just bought on Kindle, about to start reading.

WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW EXCITED I AM. This is me right now:


Book 3, here I come!

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Edited to add review: 16th October 2011
This review also appears over at my blog, What Makes YA Beautiful.

I really, really wanted to like this book. Having established her incredible writing chops in The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and The Broken Kingdoms, I expected to be wowed away by N.K. Jemisin in her trilogy's finale.

The verdict?

... eh.

I'll get More...

I liked it. I enjoyed it. But not wholeheartedly. I had problems with this book, sort of the same problems I had with the whole series but crystallized more obviously in this last volume. I am going to try to explain it (and most likely fail at making any sense. But in case you really want to know what I thought of this here goes)

This series is all about major Gods (universe defining Gods), godlings and other assorted magical creatures interacting with humans in a particular universe. It´s a maj More...

If this had been the first book, I wouldn't have read the other two. In fact, after reading this one, I went back re-read the first one to try to recall what I had liked about the series in the first place.

OH YEAH: That book had consistent character development, measured pacing, and a coherent plot.

I didn't hate The Kingdom of the Gods. Really, reading this book was kind of like visiting a good friend from middle school, but discovering she's gotten really into Scientology and it's all she wants More...

I've just finished this and I find myself feeling very emotional about it in a way that I can't explain. It's not the "blown away" feeling I had at the end of The Broken Kingdoms; this is something quieter that's developing as I keep digesting what I've just read.

It started almost light and fun, totally appropriate for Sieh's nature but as - for reasons it took the whole book for us to understand - he matured and grew, the tone and strength of the story did too. I loved Sieh, I have from the beg More...

10/10. This book is perfect. I wish I could give it 6 or 7 or 8 stars. Its complete and utter perfection has completely blown my mind - I don't remember the last time I have so unreservedly loved a book this way. How do I even begin to define the perfection of this book?

The characters - every single one of them so real, so flawed, so wonderful and so different. Every minor character is its own living, breathing, unique being, and never minor. Sieh and Deka and Nahadoth and Itempas and everyone! More...

That I had been waiting for this book for over a year might tell you a little something of the giddy excitement I felt when I finally held it in my hands. I love Jemisin's writing. The events that befall the characters are tragic at times (I have cried reading these books - I seldom cry while reading), but I always found some rays of hope. Broken Kingdoms (book 2) will always be my favorite, but I thought this one was very well done.

In this world, gods, godlings (children of the gods) and humans More...

It absolutely breaks my heart to give this two stars because I loved the first two books in this trilogy so much. However, this last one didn't work as well for me. So, while I wouldn't necessarily direct anyone away from the third book I would certainly encourage a person to start with the first and not miss the second. They are truly wonderful. Even with my not liking this title as much as the others I'm still looking very much forward to Jemisin's next novel.

This did pretty much exactly what I wanted it to. It's a really neat cosmology - I'm always fascinated by explorations of what "divinity" really means, and both the careful definitions and wide range of godlike characters allow for that exploration to its fullest extent. The "what happens when Peter Pan has to grow up" plotline is also excellent, especially with regard to how sexuality differs as an adolescent and an adult.

I very much appreciate books with an inherently queer worldview - a rang More...

will do a proper review later. for now i just want to say i think this would have been a stronger book if it had split the pov between sieh and shahar.
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i return! here is my argument for why this book would have been 10x better with shahar pov

so the thing is the previous two books in this trilogy had these ruthless ambitious arameri women who were the villainest of villains. it wasn't as annoying as it could be because these books are pretty woman positive in general, all sorts of ladies getting More...

Mehr als zwei Generationen Menschen haben die Zeit überdauert, seit die Götter wieder zurückgekehrt sind und die herrschenden Arameri so ihrer stärksten Waffe beraubt wurden. Doch für Si’eh, das älteste aller Gottkinder, ist das nicht viel mehr als ein flüchtiger Atemzug. Und obwohl er die Folter und Knechtschaft in Elysium nicht vergessen hat, zieht es ihn doch eines Tages wieder genau an diesen verhassten Ort zurück. Eine Entscheidung, die schicksalsschwere Folgen nach sich ziehen soll. Denn d More...

Wow. Absolutely fantastic. Terrific storytelling & the writing really pulls you in. The worldbuilding aspect is very rich and intriguing...interesting take on gods, godlings, demons, mortals...wonderful mythology. I loved the diversity of the characters and cultures in the book...different races, sexual orientations and even delves into the matriarchal vs patriarchal societies, but does so in an extremely natural way (ie. it is not the focus of the writing, just a by-product of telling the s More...

Honestly, I was only excited about this book because my friend had informed me that it was written in my favourite character's point of view. To be fair, I absolutely loved the premise of the story but I had something against the two female protagonists in the first two books.

I have to say, this idea of enslaved gods was really refreshing. If you haven't read the first two books, you have to turn back now because the third book would not make any sense. After minimal contact with Sieh in the fi More...

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This was also the third book in a series, called The Inheritance Trilogy. I enjoyed the first book, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms [2010], very much. Its sequel, The Broken Kingdoms [2010], was also very enjoyable, although I felt it lacked some of the flair of the first book. I feel exactly the same way about the third book, The Kingdom of Gods.

I honestly don't think I can summarise the plot of this book and have it mak More...

The Kingdom of Gods brings the awesomeness that is the Inheritance Trilogy to a beautiful end (unfortunately).
The first book, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, is absolutely beautiful and addictive. It sees Yeine Darr, a "barbarian" from the north, traveling to the majestic city of Sky after her mother dies. This book clearly describes the typical power struggle between those in line for the throne. Yeine, as well as coping with the possibility of being the next ruler of Sky, she also comes closer More...

Sieh’s story is captivating in this final installment of N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance series. The child-god who carries so much hurt and anger, who swings from innocent to cruel to compassionate in the blink of an eye, who is loyal to two of the Three, steadfast in his almost-hate of Bright Itempas…

In The Kingdom of the Gods, Sieh meets Arameri siblings Shahar and Dekarta, and eventually realizes that he might actually love them. Just a bit.

But it’s not just about Sieh’s heart here – there’s a god More...

I gave this six stars then deducted one for some faults.

It's still one of the top ten of the last decade (sorta counting the three as one book).

Complex and (mostly) meticulously constructed.

Sieh is a wonderful character, and well written. I especially liked the part early in the book where, having been told 40 pages earlier of his part-cat nature, we see him opening his mouth to get a better scent (for dog owners, cats do that a lot). I also liked his inability to sustain maturity.

I was a li More...

A wonderful conclusion to Jemisin's Inheritance Trilogy. This book is from the point of view of Sieh, the trickster god of childhood who becomes mortal when he makes a childhood blood pact with 2 Arameri children, eventually growing older and dying to save the world.

This novel deals with many themes centered around love and its many facets (young, lust, desire, betrayal, friendship, parental, etc.). I have to admit it is not a happy book by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a good examp More...

First of all, sorry if my english seems a bit off. I am mexican.

It is a testament to the author's strength that I started with the first book (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms) and could not stop until I finished the trilogy.

I really liked how she handles relations between the protagonist, when someone loves in this story, you really feel it, no matter how difficult for the character may be.

Now, concerning the books... Along the whole series, N.K. Jemisin takes us through a journey in a world where More...

The first book in this series was stunning and original, one of those books that I read from the public library, but then had to purchase for my private library. While the second book also drew a great deal of praise, for me it was a pale shadow of Book 1, probably because I found the character of Itempas less compelling than the unpredictable trickster, Sieh, who dominates this volume.

Book 3: The Kingdom of Gods, brought back the magic. On one level, it tells the story of Sieh's friendship wit More...

Mehr als zwei Generationen Menschen haben die Zeit überdauert, seit die Götter wieder zurückgekehrt sind und die herrschenden Arameri so ihrer stärksten Waffe beraubt wurden. Doch für Si’eh, das älteste aller Gottkinder, ist das nicht viel mehr als ein flüchtiger Atemzug. Und obwohl er die Folter und Knechtschaft in Elysium nicht vergessen hat, zieht es ihn doch eines Tages wieder genau an diesen verhassten Ort zurück. Eine Entscheidung, die schicksalsschwere Folgen nach sich ziehen soll. Denn d More...

Third book (and concluding volume, although the previous two stand alone) in series about cranky deities. It has only now occurred to me that Jemisin gives us the first *interesting* theological alternative to Worshippers-Give-Them-Power since Pratchett filched that trope from Lankhmar's purse. These gods do fine without worshippers (although some enjoy the sensation); what they *need* is to be true to their Aspect. Thus, our protagonist Sieh, the god of childhood, literally gains mana from play More...

more like a [7/10] but I really enjoyed the first two books in the Inheritance series, so it is an easy decision to mark up my review.

One of the things I love about this series is how it manages to reinvent itself with each new book, add to the foundations set before, try to find a new angle in the form of a new narrator and a jump in the timeline, and explore the implications of the magical rules established.

This third volume is the most ambitious so far, and this is reflected both in the numbe More...

Jemisin has so far proved herself able to catch my attention quickly, and hold it throughout her novel; her writing's engaging enough, full of voice and somehow reminiscent of oral tradition. She writes epic fantasy without the recycled-till-bone-dry quest structure, and her characters are full of...psychology, I guess; you can tell she put thought into the complexity of their relationships, even when they're not entirely likable.

That's one of my two core issues; none of the characters truly app More...

The 10,000 Kingdom books leave me in a happy, satisfied daze. I love the writing, which is gorgeous, full of delicious words and phrases worth savoring. I love the characters, all the gods and godlings, for their glorious strangeness. I love the world, which is a pleasure to imagine and still described so wonderfully that I can sit back and be dazzled. And I love the stories, which have the weight and heft of good myth but the intimacy of a proper novel.

Basically, I love everything about these More...

Not as good as the first two, but still worth a read.

The new characters weren't as interesting as I expected from the sample chapters. Even worse, Sieh, Nahadoth, and Yeine just seemed less cool than they did in Hundred Thousand Kingdoms -- Yeine probably because she had less to fight against, Nahadoth because the narrator didn't view him as dangerous like Yeine did, and Sieh because he wasn't in a position to do the quirky, childish things that made him appealing in the first place. These chara More...

Ah wow that was fantastic and a great conclusion to everything ah

I was worried around the middle because the plot was jumping around like whoa and I wasn't sure how she was gonna be able to wrap everything up in time but y'know what she did and I loved it

What I think the main problem with it was that the blurb on the back was really misleading

Like, the blurb on the back talks about Shahar and only Shahar and mentions Sieh once

So, y'know, I was expecting something from Shahar's point of view

But i More...

Huh. Maybe 3.5 stars?

This is a reasonably well-put-together book. It failed to inspire love, though, in ways that stood out. It felt like, hmm... a gilded lead statue. It's a finely cast statue, and it's shiny, but it's only on the surface. I feel like, at the end of this trilogy, I've learned some of the author's traits now and I can place her solidly in the upper middle ranks of preferred authors. This is a bump down from where she was after the first book-- but it's because some of the peccad More...

This book, while fairly awesome, suffers from a slight case of too many plots. I can't help thinking it would have been better served as two books, or as one really long book. The first two books in this trilogy are more coherent. In The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, almost the entire book takes place in the palace of Sky, and in The Broken Kingdoms, it's the city of Shadow. The third book jumps from place to place, not really grounding itself anywhere. The love stories are similarly disjointed--th More...