I actually really liked the way Manhattan, or Manny was introduced, but then the novel quickly moved on from him, and he was really pushed to the sidelines for the second half of the novel, even though he played a major role at first. Now, while these characters are all technically developed, I do have a complaint, that it almost tried to do too much and with the constantly altering POV’s, I didn’t get the time to become attached to all of them, despite them all playing a central role. There are a lot of primary characters and for a book that’s four hundred pages(which is not very for fantasy), it tried to accomplish a lot all while introducing the reader to a pretty interesting concept.Īll of these characters have very distinct personalities and, individually, there are all really well written and constructed and it’s an incredibly diverse bunch of characters as well, which from what I know of New York(the city that this novel takes place and is centred upon), reflects the city really well. I had a good time reading it, and while I didn’t love it, it’s pretty solid fantasy, with an almost creepy and mysterious vibe to that was cool. The City We Became is N.K Jemisin’s newest book and it is the first novel in the Great Cities series and overall, it’s a pretty solid start.
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