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City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

Robert Jackson Bennett

Start date: June 1, 2015

Finish date: June 30, 2015

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May 11, 2015 Michael Underwood rated it it was amazing

Shelves: speculative-fiction, my-friends-books, influences, 2015-reads

I was late to the party, but What. A. Party.

Looking back from 2024 or 2030, I think we'll point to City of Stairs as one of the novels that changed the course of how the literature of the fantastic (specifically in the epic fantasy mode) is thought about and the ways it is deployed.

Also, SIGRUD. What a character. Viking Giant Ninja Conan. ...more

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Apr 07, 2017 travelgirlut rated it liked it

I'm not really sure which way I want to go on my rating/review. On the one hand the story was nicely original, a world and magic unlike other books I've read, on the other, it was completely predictable. If some little hint was given, you could be 100% sure that it related to something coming up. And it was never subtle. I really don't like when I figure something out before the main character. It makes them seem dumb. And since the main character in this book is meant to be a highly intelligent ...more

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Apr 04, 2016 Deirdre rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Now that's an interesting world and an interesting treatment of gods and their powers. ...more

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Mar 27, 2019 Matt rated it it was ok

A couple of very good characters here but...There is a fine line between good deep world building and drowning in the mythology of the world. For me this book falls into the latter.

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