Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin

9 reviews

bookiecharm's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Police brutality, Racism, Transphobia, Classism, and Violence

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Death, Classism, and Grief

Moderate: Transphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Colonisation, Car accident, and Slavery

tangleroot_eli's review

adventurous funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

Here's all I can say about this book: *@(#%&_@)#*($!!!!!!! /gleeful keysmash

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, Xenophobia, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Transphobia

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

A super fun conclusion to this epic story! I'll miss meeting all of the city avatars and watching New York fight an otherworldly entity that weaponizes hate, political unrest, and corporate stores. I feel like I wanted a little more from the ending than this whole Digimon-esque wrapup, but was not deebly disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Police brutality, Racism, Transphobia, Gun violence, Deportation, Xenophobia, and Classism

lilacs_book_bower's review

challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I have to say that I didn't quite like this as much as The City We Became, but I still enjoyed it a lot.  I feel like the villains got off a little too easy.  And in a real world full of injustice, it would be nice to see justice served in fiction, but that is my moral code speaking.  Aislyn is not likable in the first book and doesn't improve much here (which makes her an interesting character, but a bit harder to root for). This book felt lighter than the first one in content and action.  My main complaint is I wanted more of the characters interacting.  They are fun together!  Things felt like they could have been fleshed out more.  I really enjoyed seeing the other cities and the interesting revelation about Manny's family back in Chicago.  It's such a fascinating conceit to have avatars for cities.  If by some chance you have read this series, but not Jemisin's How Long 'Til Black Future Month?, the first story in that collection (which is excellent) is a prologue to this duology, where we see NYC being born.  Well worth the read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Gun violence, and Classism

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Classism, Police brutality, Cursing, Mass/school shootings, and Colonisation

Minor: Deportation, Mental illness, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

laguerrelewis's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

N.K. Jemisin does it again (is anyone surprised?)! I was both eagerly awaiting this installment to see what was next for these brilliant characters and incredibly imaginative world, but I had no clue how the story would pick up from its predecessor—and wrap things up in one go. Of course, however, Jemisin is not only a master of fiction, but is also a particular talent when it comes to sequels, and this is no exception. With our avatars more sure footed in their city-powers, the fun of this book comes in their found family dynamic and creative problem solving, which now takes on a grander scale to save the entire multiverse! It’s Epic, and an excellent final return to a fantastical NYC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Hate crime, Racism, Gun violence, Cultural appropriation, and Violence

ok7a's review

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, Violence, and Classism

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Classism, Deportation, Gun violence, and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content and Emotional abuse