The World We Make

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It's obvious that Jemisin has tried to hand-wave away that implausibility because New York City, at the present moment, is so important to her, but as someone who doesn't have that connection to NYC (been there, it's fun, The Strand is great, but the city is not incredibly special to me) I'm left a little out in the cold. Plus, as with Max Gladstone's No Exit, the absolute identification of Cosmic Evil with parochially American political and social problems feels like it will keep this book from aging well. (Maybe if the political aspects were a little less pervasive, but Jemisin has a LOT to cover, from the NYPD to gentrification to Trumpism to a truly bizarre sequence dunking on California Pizza Kitchen.) Jemisin brings her living-city saga to a satisfying conclusion, maintaining a sense of energy and excitement throughout' Booklist

Lastly, while I love LGBTQ characters getting the attention they should have always had, this deserves to be done well. While many other authors do this justice (as per my review of the prior installment) Jemisin just doesn't. The obsession with sexual orientation of all the protagonists is just odd. It doesn't add anything to the story, in my opinion. My thanks to Little, Brown Book Group U.K./Orbit for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘The World We Make’ by N. K. Jemisin.

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N.K. Jemisin’s Great Cities Duology, which began with The City We Becameand concludes with The World We Make, is a masterpiece of speculative fiction from one of the most importantwriters of her generation. Hopeful and enthralling, The World We Make is more evidence of [Jemisin's] ferocious talent' Esquire In terms of concepts: holy over-boiling pot Batman! I loved the ventures into the multiverse, but they felt like small morsels of larger set pieces I wanted to get into. Sure, the "lost city" ventures with Padmini are cool, but I craved the rest of that history in a way that made the final scene in that setting a little flat. My absolute favourite portions of the novel are the different aspects of New York visiting other cities' avatars. I could read an entire novel where Manny walks the streets of foreign cities just looking to have a chat with similarly powered up humans. Some of these sections feel almost like Sandman-era Gaiman, which is among the highest compliment I'm able to offer to any fantasy! N.K. Jemisin’s Great Cities Duology, which began with The City We Became and concludes with The World We Make, is a masterpiece of speculative fiction from one of the most important writers of her generation. New York City triumphs against the enemy in The City We Became, but it’s only a partial victory. The Woman in White and the dead city that she is the avatar of gain a foothold in Staten Island and continue to try and destroy New York City.From the record-breaking, four-time Hugo Award-winning N. K. Jemisin comes 'a glorious fantasy' (Neil Gaiman) - a story of culture, identity, magic and myths in contemporary New York City. The sequel to the critically acclaimed The City We Became, this is the final book of the Great Cities Duology. It's hard to sum up this one, and I feel like the afterward says everything that needs to be said. This is a book that was finished with grit and stubbornness and let's-just-get-it-done, and while the heart it there, there's a solid rush at the end to wrap things up in a short book two of what was meant to be a duology. No bashing here. The avatar truly embodies the essence of the city and what makes it special. If the city has different districts or neighborhoods with their own special flavor then each distinct area will have an avatar of its own, but there will still be one main avatar that represents the city as a whole. The avatars gain special powers from the energy of the city, which are based on the characteristics of that particular place. It does require an open mind to accept the idea of cities eventually having enough energy to become alive. But it’s a very interesting concept that was very fun to explore and ruminate on. I keep thinking about who my city’s avatar would be and what exactly they would be like. Read The World We Make and contemplate your own city’s personality. Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth.