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The Broken Kingdoms, by NK Jemisin
Nov. 24th, 2020 07:43 pmWell it only took me uh 5 years since I read the first book in this trilogy to finally get around to the second. I'm GREAT at going through my to-read list in a sensible and well-planned order!
Anyway this book is even better than the first one I think! I liked that it took place largely among more "ordinary" people instead of all the action being set in the palace-city of the ruling class among the Arameri and the gods. I mean the gods are also definitely present in this book, but the feel is different.
The main character is a blind woman named Oree from a refugee group in the land of the Arameri. I really liked Oree, and loved the dynamics of her relationship with Madding, and the even more complicated and evolving one with Shiny. It was also fascinating to see the fallout from the events of the last book from the perspectives of people who weren't intimately involved and don't know the details of what happened.
I don't know that I have a lot to say about this book, but I found it a highly compelling read and was riveted throughout.
Here's hoping it takes me less than 5 years to actually read the next one!
Anyway this book is even better than the first one I think! I liked that it took place largely among more "ordinary" people instead of all the action being set in the palace-city of the ruling class among the Arameri and the gods. I mean the gods are also definitely present in this book, but the feel is different.
The main character is a blind woman named Oree from a refugee group in the land of the Arameri. I really liked Oree, and loved the dynamics of her relationship with Madding, and the even more complicated and evolving one with Shiny. It was also fascinating to see the fallout from the events of the last book from the perspectives of people who weren't intimately involved and don't know the details of what happened.
I don't know that I have a lot to say about this book, but I found it a highly compelling read and was riveted throughout.
Here's hoping it takes me less than 5 years to actually read the next one!
