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The Kingdom of Gods, by NK Jemisin
Dec. 3rd, 2021 04:46 pmHey look, it only took me a year to get to the third book in this trilogy, after the five years it took between the first and the second; amazing, go me!
Unfortunately I think this is my least favourite book in the trilogy though. I think my feelings about the viewpoint character matter a lot in my enjoyment of these books! And Sieh is just not my character type at all. I was bored and impatient through much of the book, and I just didn't really ever get emotionally attached to him. Which is too bad, because there WAS interesting stuff happening! It's just...I would have preferred to see it from the point of view of almost any other character.
Sieh also seems to me like a choice that doesn't fit the pattern of the books. The other two are both narrated by mortal women who love a god, and this one is narrated by a god who loves some mortals. And the book's marketing description even makes you think it's going to fit the pattern of the other two books by focusing on the mortal woman Shahar, but she turns out to be just one of several important secondary characters. And instead I'm stuck with Sieh. (Sorry, Sieh!)
I am glad I read it, and I'm glad to know where the story went, but the second book is still unquestionably my favourite, and I think I'm unlikely to ever feel called to reread this one.
Unfortunately I think this is my least favourite book in the trilogy though. I think my feelings about the viewpoint character matter a lot in my enjoyment of these books! And Sieh is just not my character type at all. I was bored and impatient through much of the book, and I just didn't really ever get emotionally attached to him. Which is too bad, because there WAS interesting stuff happening! It's just...I would have preferred to see it from the point of view of almost any other character.
Sieh also seems to me like a choice that doesn't fit the pattern of the books. The other two are both narrated by mortal women who love a god, and this one is narrated by a god who loves some mortals. And the book's marketing description even makes you think it's going to fit the pattern of the other two books by focusing on the mortal woman Shahar, but she turns out to be just one of several important secondary characters. And instead I'm stuck with Sieh. (Sorry, Sieh!)
I am glad I read it, and I'm glad to know where the story went, but the second book is still unquestionably my favourite, and I think I'm unlikely to ever feel called to reread this one.
