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City of Stairs
City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)
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June 1, 2015
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June 30, 2015

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Michael Underwood
May 11, 2015 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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travelgirlut
Apr 07, 2017 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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Udayan
Sep 13, 2015 rated it really liked it
A fresh voice in fantasy is always welcome. Specially when it comes with such great plotting and world-building.

No wonder it was in the shortlist for all major awards in recent times.

Definitely worth a read.
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Charlotte
May 10, 2015 rated it really liked it
This pretty much has everything I was looking for in a fantasy novel: fascinating and unique world, cool mix of genres, and lots of distinct female characters. I highly approve.
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Beth
May 16, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: sword-and-laser
Good book, although I somehow had no trouble putting it down for astonishing amounts of time. Probably because I bought it so the library didn't nag. ...more
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Nov 18, 2014 rated it really liked it
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