Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

18 reviews

ottolee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

kyra_joy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is a hard one to rate, it’s beautifully written, like poetry in some places. The first chapter didn’t feel super narrative to me and more like spoken word, was a little worried I wasn’t going to like it, but as it goes on it gets better and better. It definitely a slower book and long so it took me a while to get through, however it feels so wholly unique and wonderful that I think anything less than 5 stars wouldn’t be fitting. So even though idk if it was generally my style I absolutely love it and will be reading the next instalment for sure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Classism

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Definitely take this review and rating with a grain of salt. I have heard so much about this author and this book so I definitely wanted to read it. The concept is brilliant and there are so many brilliant lines in this book. I really feel like a lot of it probably went over my head but I did enjoy the parts of it that I understood and caught. It was a little bit too slow of a read for me and very long but overall definitely glad I got to experience this writer and their writing style.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

judicatorypedant's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed the cast of characters, and wish more time was spent having them interact with each other. The novel started slow, and had a really amazing build up to what turned out to be a disappointing climax. Some characters (Queens/Padmini in particular) feel they could have recieved more focus and development. While Jemisin's prose was high quality as usual, there were points where the modern references made the work feel dated and too on the nose, politically. That said, I enjoyed the overarching allegory and some of the attempts at incorporating contemporary politics. The book also felt somewhat confusing in the beginning, as someone who lives outside of New York.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Genocide, Police brutality, Abortion, and Colonisation

brianneh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

literarycavy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

Minor: Genocide

jjstallone's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Cannibalism, Abortion, Lesbophobia, and Deportation

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Ableism, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

brycestevenwilley's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

Amazing concept, and really well fleshed out and thought through. Loved the characters and writing as well, genuinely enjoyable to read. The only downsides were that sometimes things came off as a bit cliche or stereotypical, even if they weren't too bad and still well researched, but I can't really see the concept working without those cliches.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Genocide, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Classism

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying and Domestic abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Genocide, Police brutality, Abortion, Colonisation, and Classism