The Kingdom of Gods by N. K. Jemisin

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The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I read this months ago, and haven't managed to review it because it turns out to be totally true that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference. This is the conclusion to the fantasy trilogy about the ruling family who enslaved the gods, and just how badly that went for everyone. And I just . . . I don't . . . there's a density to this fantasy world I'm not used to, like the society is a true outgrowth of the metaphysics, instead of just a shiny foil wrapping on vaguely medieval western European-flavored whatever. And the gods really are strange and great. And the sexual politics is refreshing.

But all that said, this trilogy never got me where I live. Not even the same zip code. And I'm left staring around at, like, everyone I know, wondering what the big fucking deal is.

Seriously. What's the big fucking deal?




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[cahn]

I found all the characters in the first book one-dimensional. I started rolling my eyes hard when the villains had this party to put puppies in blenders torture some guy in a cage, because clearly evil people couldn't possibly do anything else for fun but torture people. I never made it to the second book.