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The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin

14 reviews

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was sad afffffff wtffffffffff. 

I love Sieh as a character and so I’m not sure if I’m more satisfied or left feeling unfulfilled with what happens to him (maybe a combination of the two). That also sums up how I feel about this story as a whole. I was pleasantly surprised by the ending and short story and the small sense of closure it brings, but due to its brevity I’m left wanting more but also stuck with the feeling that maybe what we saw was just enough. 

I did come to really love Deka as a character (he’s so sweet) in the short amount of time we saw him and I wish he was more present throughout the novel. I anticipated him to have a much larger role, especially with the magic that he had, and so what we saw of him felt very unfulfilling. I think the book could’ve benefited with more focus on Sieh, Shahar, and Deka and the strength of their bond.

While I wouldn’t mark this story as a romance, I did truly love seeing the relationship between Sieh and Deka and, again, I wish what we saw of them together wasn’t so brief.

 

Not the best book out of the trilogy, and I’m still unsure of my exact feelings after writing this review, but the story was still engrossing. I just believe that it would’ve been a much stronger novel if we saw more from the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Incest, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

wispwill's review against another edition

2.5

The plot of this final book is so nonsensical and unconnected to any of the themes it seems to be trying to put forward, that I created an entire PowerPoint for my book club to express my pain. It's like a pile of shattered pieces of an actually GOOD book that were glued together, in the wrong order, with chewing gum and pine sap. Why does the

CHILD god end up wanting to have sex with like 4 different people? Including BOTH his mothers? What does him getting older have to do with anything else in the book? Why does Sieh have a traumatic history with his son, if none of that relationship is explored and he just ends up stabbing him? Why does Deka, as a teenager/young adult, have the hots for the CHILD. GOD. WHY DO THE NEW THREE HAVE. REALITY BENDING POWERS??

N.K. you did my book club dirty.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Incest, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

barda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Alcohol

cleot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, and Incest

libraryraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, and Violence

thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

mysterious 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

3.0

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Sexual violence

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

seanml's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Infidelity, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

coffinfinite's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

I can at this point no longer give an unbiased review of any book in the Inheritance trilogy, because it has stolen my heart. This has been such a wonderful and heartbreaking journey, and when I finished The Kingdom of Gods at midnight last night I cried for a long while afterwards. Jemisin has created a fantasy world so vivid and well realised I felt like I could step through the pages into the world of the Kingdoms and their many gods, godlings and demons. The final book in the trilogy follows my favourite character from the first book, Sieh (who only makes a brief appearance in the second book) and I knew at once I was in for an emotional ride as he navigates the world in mortal form, struck down by a bargain made with a pair of unlikely twins.

Experiencing the narrative from Sieh's perspective was exciting, as previously he has only been observed by characters who perceive him as a child - being the God of childhood, he has an image to maintain. But this is a God of childhood who is untold millenia old, and his very nature is threatened as secrets from this long past begin to emerge. What follows is both tragic and gratifying as Sieh comes to grasp the gravity of what it means to grow up.

I would highly recommend this trilogy to anyone who loves fantasy, especially fantasy that revolves around pantheons and magic. Sieh is but one of a cast of many rich and nuanced characters, and his story kept me gripped through to the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, and Death of parent