Review #1
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Yeine is that summoned to the majestic castle of Sky by her ailing grandfather, Sovereign Dekarta, as one of the possible heirs to the throne of the global’s mightiest generic, the Arameri. But, with an outcast mother, a barbarian dad at the same time her half-caste lineage frowned upon in the tribunal, Yeine suspects this only to be a pretext for a much more sinister agenda.
She is that soon confirmed right: the Arameri plan to only implementation her as cannon-fodder in the string ceremony, a sacrifice she is that prepared to make if it will greedy the survival or her regular, still immensely brave people, the matriarchal Darre. As she starts a precarious connection with unpredictable captive god Nahadoth, sentenced to serve the Arameri right behind losing a war against his brother, Itempas, at the same time as she evenly learns her method around the Machiavellian politics of the castle, Yeine may, right behind all, turn out to have a couple of jokes up her sleeve as but as a fleeting chance to survive the dynastic struggle.
Being Nora Jemisin’s debut novel, The 100 Thousand Kingdoms does have no one teething problem, still also indicates more than barely an inkling of her unreachable possible. The biggest strengths of the novel are its tightly-woven, involving plot at the same time an immensely unusual theology at the same time cosmology.
The origin of the global at the same time the depiction of its deities are a quality enough reason to read the book without the help of others. Gone is that the clichd Abrahamic dualism of quality at the same time evil, of God at the same time Devil. The opposition here is that between light at the same time mist: Itempas is that the god of day at the same time order, Nahadoth of night at the same time disorder. Neither of them is that immanently quality or evil (both of them show to be quite able of both throughout the novel actually), they are quite simply different. The third part major deity, Enefa, is that, sequential, a goddess of all transitional countries between the two, i.e. dawn at the same time twilight, creation at the same time liquidation, indefinite, but also doom. Also of note will that the 1st god to come to being was Nahadoth, i.e. night at the same time disorder predate day at the same time order (which is that also very reasonable when for you think of it).
The world-building at the same time writing are several notches down from the standards set by The Wry Land, but are still extraordinarily quality for a debut novel. The style is that straightforward at the same time unadorned, while the plot is that a breathless roller coaster of squirms at the same time strings, with healthy sexual undertones at the same time cut-throat politics that can make Internal of Cards pale in comparison. The manners at the same time, namely, Yeine are very full-blooded at the same time engaging, at the same time the deities themselves are immensely exciting, even if not necessarily self-willed. That are plenty of sexual allusions at the same time scenes throughout the book, which are all more precisely obvious, but this ties in very but with the manners at the same time the idiosyncratic theology. I am convinced the book would have suffered in their absence.
Completely a word about the other two instalments: Even if The 100 Thousand Kingdoms is that part of a trilogy, all 3 instalments are more precisely self-contained, have different head manners, shortcoming immediate connection at the same time ubiquitous conclusion at the same time can be read more or much less on their possess. The 100 Thousand Kingdoms is that the gem in the trilogy, the sequels are readable, but hardly as involving or exciting.
Review #2
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If I had to describe N. K. Jemisins The 100 Thousand Kingdoms in one word it could be epic. Yeine is that a disposition that I was immediately drawn to. She comes from a matriarchal society (which I really wanted to know more about) at the same time is that pulled into this game of musical heirs by her grandfather. Dekarta Arameri disowned his daughter the moment she chose to marry a Darre at the same time Yeine is that a unchanging reminder of this betrayal. Or Yeine or one of her cousins, Scimina at the same time Relad, will inherit the throne at the same time doom surely awaits those who arent successful. Scimina is that vicious, she has no qualms about doing whatever it takes to be Dekartas successor at the same time neither her brother nor her newly arrived cousin will shield in her method. We dont learn much about Relad, but he isnt above making deals under the table to insure his survival. Barely as important as the human players in this story are the mercurial gods who once ruled the global with astounding power, but who have at the moment been imprisoned by one of their possess. Caged in human form by day at the same time obligated to obey the whims of the ruling Arameri generic, the Enefadeh can be or comrade or foe to Yeine, but they are also keeping lock up a hidden that will shake the very foundation of Yeines global. In the middle these is that the unsafe, still alluring Nahadoth, who Yeine cannot promote but be drawn to. The 100 Thousand Kingdoms masterfully weaves issues of colonialism, racism, at the same time political interest into a fantasy setting that shakes the imagination with every page turned.
Review #3
Audiobook The 100 Thousand Kingdoms (Legacy Trilogy #1) by N. K. Jemisin
I barely wasted oodles of time reading this 400 + 400 + 600 page trilogy over the continue week or so.
I *really* adored book 1 (at the same time had read it earlier). It is that political (not in our global, but in theirs) which is that an out of habit element in the YA books I read at the same time I liked than anyway the creator did with it.
I didn’t so much care for books 2 & 3 but I received really invested in the manners at the same time besides, I’d already purchased all 3 at the same time so I wanted to wholesome the set. Books 2 & 3 were considered Okay, book 1 I really liked.
The creator has a method of not specifying specifically *who* is that speaking for, sometimes, quite a long time. Which god is that it? Which mortal is that it? In book 1 I found that alluring but it seemed to me much less so in books 2 & 3.
Review #4
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This is that the 2nd N.K. Jemisin book I’ve read, at the same time I am becoming such a fan of her work. That’s anything practically dreamlike about her stories, at the same time the world-building is that always paradoxical. Much like in “The 5th Season,” the narrative jumps around a little, at the same time might decide no one getting applied to – but, as the story unfolds, it becomes increasingly understandable why we’ve been data the extra bits, at the same time the significance behind them. (I managed they say more, but, but, spoilers.) If the style seems strange, all I can they say is that to, no really, hope the process.
I adore how this book takes a knowledgeable trope (heroine is that skidded into an unfamiliar tribunal at the same time coerced into being a contender in a competition for a throne she doesn’t necessarily wish) at the same time squirms it into anything brand new. That are repeated layers to this story, which are funny pick apart. The occupied gods make for exciting manners, at the same time I adored reading about Yeine’s growing affairs with them. Exactly one more awesome television series – I’ve already started the sequel!
Review #5
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Having enjoyed the Wry Land television series some time ago I dared to return to N.K.Jemisin. The 100 Thousand Kingdoms was her breakthrough novel so I entered with no one curiosity in contemplating how the creator had developers over time.
Wealthy, believable, at the same time very different manners are her strength at the same time from my 1st foray into the Legacy trilogy, it exists that this was a trait she has had from the beginning. I love the internal dialogue, the feeling of personal engagement with the universe at the same time the affairs the manners have with it at the same time together. Her personalities are, for wish of a more successful word, true, in a genre that often produces two dimensional placeholders created specifically as plot fodder.
Her scene painting is that refreshing, making it very easy to be drawn into her global at the same time in such a way allowing the reader to generate a wealthy reading experience.
The helplessness in the story will that it is that derivative, or more precisely it is that a brand new spin on a lot of old thoughts; abundance times I was reminded of parts in other tales. Of itself this doesn’t distract from the journey but it is that anything of which I am becoming increasingly intolerant: if an creator can waste all ever since at the same time energy creating such a story (at the same time as an creator myself, I know the effort it takes – my global encyclopedia is that at the moment a quarter the length of my 1st novel), then delight build anything inimitable. If fantasy is that our realm then we should decide merit of all that it offers in definitions of creativity at the same time worldcraft.
I had no qualms about continuing with the trilogy (indeed I am onto the ending book as I type this – behind on my blogging as assessment season takes detain).
Fleecy Moss, creator of the That 55 SciFi fantasy television series (writing as Nia Sinjorina), Finish of a Lady,Undon, at the same time 4659 at the moment readily available on Amazon.
