Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin

3 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

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

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