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The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

S.A. Chakraborty

Start date: December 1, 2017

Finish date: December 31, 2017

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Dec 2017: The City of Brass

December BoTM: "The City of Brass" by S. A. Chakraborty
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May 09, 2020 Diana added it · review of another edition

DNF'ed at pg 180

I am not sure what happened here. I was LOVING the book. The daevas, djinn, ifrits, the battles and divisions between them, rhe way in which half daeva half human were mistreated...
Also, the representation of Muslim lore and all that was amazing.
But suddenly I stopped caring. I mean, considering I DNF'ed at pg 180 it took me a bit to stop caring, and I think I have some ideas as to why:
- Nahri. A woman who looks after herself, who knows nothing about her past but knows there are ...more

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Apr 11, 2018 BookishHeartOfSabi rated it really liked it

Reread July 2021

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Jun 17, 2019 Cande rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-series, series-por-terminar, audiobook, all-time-favorite

I knew from chapter one this one was going to the all-time fave shelf. I’m slowly diving into Adult Fantasy, so I was already all in for this book. Now, did I know how much I would freaking sacrifice for a piece of this story? Oh no, I had no idea how much I would end up loving Nahri. She’s the only queen I’ll stan and everyone else can home now. Okay, sorry! I promise I can talk about it and say more than intense screams (mmmm maybe I can’t). The world-building, the complex characters, the rich ...more

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Mar 19, 2018 chelsea reads rated it it was ok · review of another edition

unfortunately, i didn't like the city of brass as much as i'd hoped. i really liked the general ideas of this book, and the setting was amazing too.

i had a love/hate relationship with the world building in this book. i loved how different the setting was. this isn't your typical western based fantasy world. it was so refreshing. however, i really disliked how s.a. chakraborty went over the top with everything. like, yes, i get it, can we move on now? it felt like a lot of fluff/filler content to ...more

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