spoltz
4/1/2020
This is my fourth sojourn into the mind of NK Jemisin, the first three being the Broken Earth trilogy. What strikes me the most about her work is her imagination. Even though the basic plot of this book has been done before and since, that of the outsider who finds themselves suddenly heir to a throne, it's the rest of the book that I find fascinating: the world-building, the characters, the religion. Just like Broken Earth, it's familiar, yet very different from anything I've read before. This book was nominated for many awards back in 2011, though it only won the Locus First Novel Award.
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