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Eh, I'm calling this one. I just can't get into it, and I'm tired of trying to force my way through it.
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Oree is blind, but she can see magic. She fled to the city after her father's death, and now makes a living selling trinkets to the pilgrims who flock to worship the new godlings. It has been ten years since Yeine became a goddess, broke the shackles binding the Darklord, and exiled the Bright lord to live as a mortal. Since then, the formerly exiled godlings have rushed into the world, gaining followers among humans--and even becoming friends with them, as in Oree's case. When Oree stumbles upo
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" Why the hells is everything so hard with you?" I demanded of Shiny, blinking away tears of frustration. "Hurry up and die!"
Exquisite, sharp and beautiful.
I loved this even more than the first book in the series. The first one was about gods and fate of the world and I was awed but maybe not fully absorbed. This book, about a regular woman (who of course is not really a regular woman) feels much more intimate and immediate. And I really loved the brusque and (superficially) unlikeable Shiny ...more
Geta an extra point for really good portrayal of a blind POV character. The first book of this series focussed on power and enslavement. This one is more about forgiveness. Also forbidden love, and in a sense miscegenation. I like the frame stories that N.K. comes up with for her 1st person perspective (which, again, is quite well done and not distracting). Lots of magic, lots of different locations, characters from teh first book remain true to their natures. We see a lot more of the magical go
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Really great sequel, told from a completely different viewpoint from the first book in the series. I'm looking forward to the third.
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Truly spectacular.
Amazing world building and writing but also pretty long and sometimes slow. I wish I’d read this a little closer to the first book in the series.
Jan 04, 2014
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marked it as considering
