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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

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scribblesandsuch's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
The character voice is really strong. It took me a little time to warm up to the sotry, but the world is so interesting, and once you've got a steady footing in the universe it's a really good read
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achingallover's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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fionac326's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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abbajane's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book is unlike any fantasy I've read! It was exhilarating, thrilling, terrifying, and moving all at once. The characters were complex, ambitious, and all-too-human. The plot was exciting and managed to keep pace the entire time even while backstories and side-plots were unraveling. If you like your anti-heroes tall, dark, cloaked in night, and as terrifying as they are sexy, Nahadoth will be right up your alley. If you like your heroines with a lot of fight, emotional complexity, and a heart that won't quit, you'll fall for Yeine as quickly as I did. Jemisin is a master of writing -- the entire book was so precisely and poetically written, filled with interesting scene and POV breaks, and provided an overall satisfying conclusion. It's sexy, it's dark, and it's a masterpiece of fiction. 
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victoriakate's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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gwen_c's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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greeneyes's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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booksthatburn's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms plays with the shape of power, winding it like a strand of hair on one finger with a slowly widening grin, esui; terrifying and sensual. The stuff of gods, crammed and cramped until they creak and groan as pages turn: Read this.

I loved this book. I tend to be positive about the books I read, but I truly loved this book. The gods have qualities I normally see in depictions of the fae, while also being sufficiently different and complex as to be their own kinds of entities. They are essences, understandable in some ways but inscrutable in some very important ways. Sieh, in particular, is handled very well, his behavior has consistency, but the way in which we are led to interpret it as part of a whole is shaped by Yeine's slowly shifting understanding of life in Sky. The interstitial narration is really good, it makes sense even before you learn (or figure out) why it's happening.

This book is very good and I'm very excited to see what happens in the next one. It ended so well that if it were a stand-alone book I could be content, but I want to spend more time in this world, preferable with these characters.
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peachmoni's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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