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This was Jemisin's debut, and it's wonderfully ambitious, full of big ideas about morality, divinity, humanity, politics, and magic. I keep imagining her editor, dressed like Cecil B. DeMille, reading it and then saying around their cigar, "Kid, you got Stuff."
I had been looking for something of hers to read, since I haven't read anything, and saw that this was the first in a series. I kind of wish I had read one of her later books instead, though, because I didn't really fall in love with this ...more
I had been looking for something of hers to read, since I haven't read anything, and saw that this was the first in a series. I kind of wish I had read one of her later books instead, though, because I didn't really fall in love with this ...more
May 02, 2011
Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides
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More like 3.5. Clever and interesting dealing with difficult themes and material, without being at all didactic. I didn't think the ending was entirely satisyfing, though. And somehow I didn't feel surprised.
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Yeine is the kind of character I really like - strong, but not infallible; smart, though not immune to misdirection and lies; and human enough to make wonderfully horrible mistakes.
Though I'd heard of this book, it didn't really catch my attention when it came out a few years ago. I'm glad it has been chosen for January 2014's Vaginal Fantasy Hangout read because I don't know if I would have read it, otherwise. And that would have been a shame.
Well paced, wonderful characters, interesting world ...more
Though I'd heard of this book, it didn't really catch my attention when it came out a few years ago. I'm glad it has been chosen for January 2014's Vaginal Fantasy Hangout read because I don't know if I would have read it, otherwise. And that would have been a shame.
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I'd read this book before being blown away by the Broken Earth trilogy, and decided I liked the author but wasn't invested enough in the story itself to finish the trilogy. On re-read, I can say not much has changed. There's some interesting worldbuilding and, the central concept of the sacrifice so nicely foreshadows the short story "The Ones Who Stay and Fight, but the only reason I'm sticking with the trilogy this time around is because I trust Jemisin to make it worth the time. For the god/m
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At first this book was slow going for me. It is pretty bleak. But the world of the book is amazing and layered, the idea of captive gods was intriguing and I loved the strong heroine of color. In the end, I've been thinking about this book ever since I put it down and I look forward to reading the sequel.
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Really phenomenal.
Nov 21, 2012
Misha
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Aug 15, 2013
Laura
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