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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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Jul 18, 2020 April (Aprilius Maximus) rated it liked it · review of another edition

“Greatness takes time, Banu Nahida. Often the mightiest things have the humblest beginnings.”

representation: characters of colour (characters from various African countries (mainly Egypt), own voices Muslim rep, Jewish rep, m/m side relationship).

[trigger warnings are listed at the bottom of this review and may contain spoilers]

★★★

This was really good. I personally found the world building a litttttttle bit too confusing but that could just be because I listened to the majority of this on a ...more

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Nov 03, 2017 ambsreads rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery, high-fantasy, young-adult, books-i-own, romance, best-covers, fantasy, mythology, urban-fantasy, favorites

Thank you Harper Collins Australia for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

my review is on my blog, check it out!

M I N I R E V I E W

The City of Brass was a book I was cautious of when I was requesting it. I was a bit nervous because it is so big. 520 pages, to be exact. I find that sometimes the longer the book the more bored I get throughout. However, this wasn’t the case at all. The City of Brass is an enchanting and alluring story that grips you from the very first page. Every Thank you Harper Collins Australia for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

my review is on my blog, check it out!

M I N I R E V I E W

The City of Brass was a book I was cautious of when I was requesting it. I was a bit nervous because it is so big. 520 pages, to be exact. I find that sometimes the longer the book the more bored I get throughout. However, this wasn’t the case at all. The City of Brass is an enchanting and alluring story that grips you from the very first page. Every single character has a layer of depth, I literally mean every single one to even the side characters who are only around for a few pages.

From the very first page, you are sucked into a world of magic and Egypt. I say Egypt purely because I adored reading a book set in the environment. I think the only book I’ve read that has gone to Egpyt is the Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan. But, that’s off topic.

You follow one of the main characters of The City of Brass, Nahri on her journey of discovery throughout this book. Learning her origins, what her past is and what is expected of her. It was honestly pretty heartbreaking at times to read. Though, I adored reading the main character who wasn’t perfect. Nahri has done what she has to survive and it might not be the most ethical but she has done it and she’s not ashamed. She was so damn strong in her own right and learning about her culture throughout the book was so interesting.

The other perspective we get in this book is from Ali. A prince for his people but viewed as a religious fanatic. He’s basically the opposite to Nahri and it was incredibly interesting to read the dynamic between the pair. In the grand sense of it, neither character is meant to be viewed as a good character either. They have flaws that are very obvious in the text.

The writing within The City of Brass was just spectacular as well. I’m honestly speechless since this is a debut. This book reads a lot better than some authors with many books published. The imagery is done so well and not at all overdone, coming from someone who usually gets frustrated with metaphors. The language use was just spectacular. I obviously can’t speak about the muslim representation throughout this book but the author is an own voices author, so I adored learning her persptive on her culture and how it incoperated into this book. I’m so excited to read more!

It is a book full of betrayal, wishes and magic. It is complex and full of politics. At some stages, I didn’t understand what was happening but I never once cared majorly due to the absolute incredible cast of characters in this debut, own voices novel. The City of Brass is a must read. Put it on your December or January TBR’s, because I promise you won’t regret it. ...more

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Dec 04, 2017 Anniek rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 3-sff, bipoc-mc, 2-adult, asian-mc, 1-2017-releases

4/12/17

Oh, how I loved this book! Over the past few weeks, I've been hearing so many great things about it, so I was very excited to receive an ARC in my Illumicrate box:) I decided to pick it up right away and I can only urge you to do the same, because it's so good! From the first page until the very last, this book is filled with the most vivid detailed descriptions, and I loved the characters, their different backgrounds and the politics and intrigue. I have high hopes for the sequel, as thi ...more

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May 07, 2019 Brittney rated it it was amazing

More like a 4.5 because the plot was a little slower than I was expecting. Still a great read and I like how it shows that wars are never black and white issues like many people (and governments) would like us to believe.

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Oct 31, 2017 celeste rated it it was amazing

Shelves: they-have-me-in-a-chokehold, enemies-to-lovers

I'm..not okay? WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ENDING?!
This was a MASTERPIECE. My mind was blown so many times that I'm still trying to comprehend what I just read.
RTC.

*I received an ARC of this book via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. ...more

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Jul 12, 2018 Sheereen rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

Alizayd al Qahtani, you have my heart.....

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Feb 16, 2019 Aasha Ramlal rated it did not like it

Shelves: fantasy

Here’s the thing: I rarely give a book 1 star.

Is that a sign of a problematic rating system? Maybe. But there’s usually at least one thing in a book that saves it from descending into 1-star territory – be it a character, or a subplot, or a single piece of dialogue that’s enough for me to say, “huh. It doesn’t work for me, and I’ll never reread it, but at least there’s some aspect to it to warrant being deemed it was okay.”

I bring that up to preface my rating for The City of Brass: I couldn’t no ...more

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Aug 16, 2019 Elle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: all-time-favourite-books

This was absolutely amazing! From paged one I was completely drawn into the world and couldn't stop reading.

I'm so mad that I didn't read this sooner! ...more

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Jun 07, 2017 Azrah added it · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-sff-horror, own, own-ebook, muslim-shelf-space

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Aug 02, 2017 the routine escapist marked it as to-read

Shelves: fantasy

Aug 15, 2017 Ana Gaspar Pinto marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: tbr-pile, books-i-own

Aug 31, 2021 nia🏹 •shades0fpaper• rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, books-read-in-2020, books-i-own, own-voices, 2017-book-releases, adult, historical-fiction, finished-series, mythology, 2020-favorites

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