Reviews with content warning for Incest - The Kingdom of Gods

I really enjoy what the series does world-building wise with the gods and their natures but really feel this would be better without all the romances. Particularly in this installment it is very uncomfortable because the god is a child god but also one of the oldest gods and lines get blurred in uncomfortable ways. But the way this wrapped up felt very full circle and like a myth in ways. I'd still recommend reading if you want to read all of Jemisin's backlog but her other series are far better.

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laguerrelewis's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

This book is not a perfect end to the trilogy, and in that sense is it the best suit for this story. This is a series about the folly of gods and humanity and imperfection and mistakes and the beauty of it all—why would it end with a neat little bow? If you’ve gotten this far, you need little persuasion to continue reading, but Jemisin makes it worth your while with a character study that reveals multitudes about this lovely world she’s made.

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applequinn's review

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medium-paced

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

3.5

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anxiousnachos's review

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dark emotional tense slow-paced

5.0

I love this series so much, it’s the kind of series I am immediately going to have to go search for fanfic for so I can inhale more content with these incredible characters. It was really fantastic to get more insight into Sieh’s character, I particularly love all his scenes with Itempas, they are truly wonderful and raw and painful. Their relationship is probably my favourite from the whole series, after Yeine/Naha. Brilliant series!

Content warnings: violence, blood, incest (kind of, among the gods), pedophilia (past, mentioned), child sexual abuse (past, mentioned), rape (past, mentioned), underage sex, suicidal ideation, burning to death

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clairehreads22's review

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

The gods and godlings were all nicer in this ones, so yay. I mean some bad evil tendencies but eh:/

I loved Sieh’s character development.

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Sieh and Deka were cute together.
Shahar was rude for an understandable reason, but I’m glad her & her hubby worked out. I also like her new plan of who rules Sky, etc.

I would love to visit Echo.

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Ok but the ending and Sieh was possibly on his path to be a god... omg!!??

The little extra scene where Shiny & Oree meet up again. I could cry. They’re so cute.

Why 4 not 5 stars? Wasn’t my favorite plot of the series.

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seanml's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I have finally reached the end of the journey. When starting the trilogy I did not anticipate its meandering plot, spotty worldbuilding, deux ex machinas, or plot twists that have no weight. For a series that involves a realm called the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, I was surprised to find that only a handful of these kingdoms came up. Now, the series isn’t terrible by any means; there are a good number of fun ideas. These are just vastly outnumbered by strange, meandering, underwhelming choices in plot. I’m sure this series resonates perfectly with some people, but I am not one of them.

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nerdy_reader_9571's review

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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al3x's review

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This last entry did not engage me as much as the first two. Sieh as the main character did not do it for me. I understood the parallels with the three from the first two books, and the loneliness he was feeling but the story just wound around with Sieh being moody and then massive God battle and the end.
I would have been more interested in seeing how the conflict with the three would resolve, but alas they have been put on the sidelines.
I'm glad I have the conclusion to this story, though I wished it would be more....somehow.

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