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The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

6 reviews

ecmbeanie's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, Violence, Police brutality, Classism, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent

carolined314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

A total shift of focus within the world, revealing yet more about the gods and their creations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Murder, Self harm, Gore, Chronic illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Incest, and Medical trauma

overbooked207's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

📖 The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin Book Review 📖

2nd book of April 2022 and 14th of the year:

Picking up ten years after the events of the first book and following new characters, this sequel once again has phenomenal world-building and writing, an adventurous story about strength, love, and what it takes to earn forgiveness, and if you even can in some instances, and complex, interesting characters! I also really liked the connections to the first book, and the audiobook was amazing! So far, I still enjoy The Broken Earth trilogy more, but I will read and recommend everything by N.K. Jemisin, and if you haven’t read anything by her yet, I highly suggest doing so as soon as possible! TW for murder, violence, death, torture, body horror, cannibalism, rape, slavery, epidemic, incest, sexually explicit content, infidelity, sexual violence, confinement, pregnancy, police brutality, medical content/trauma, physical abuse, suicidal thoughts, suicide/suicide attempt, kidnapping, injury/injury detail, gaslighting, gore, grief, blood, religious bigotry, self-harm, war, and xenophobia📚⚔️🎨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Torture, Gaslighting, Confinement, Incest, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Death, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Police brutality, War, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Slavery

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

This book is even better than the first, which I didn't think was possible.

Spoiler

This book, particularly the ending, broke me. Emotionally. I sobbed and had to go on a walk. I finished days ago and am just doing a review, so I've forgotten details already. But Itempas leaving was too much to handle. Especially just WALKING OUT. No goodbyes, just gone. Heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Self harm, Vomit, Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

wlreed312's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

I   enjoyed The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms a quite a lot, but this leaves that in the dust. Taking place ten years after the events of book one, this deals with the repercussions of the end of that book. Jemisin definitely improved her craft between the two books (and she started out damn good), and I also loved the fact that art can be magic in this world. I love Oree as a protagonist, and the fact that her empathy is her strongest and enduring characteristic is wonderful. There were a few twists I really didn't see coming (although I should have with one of them). I think this world and the way it looks at the gods is just great. Can't wait to see how the next book ties in. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

justjo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

And here I thought the Inheritance Trilogy was a bit more straightforward of a story compared to others from Jemisin. Broken Kingdoms, technically, could be read seperately from Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, but a lot of the plot just hits harder (and makes a bit more sense) knowing HTK. We get a new set of characters and a new setting, though both are tied to the setting and characters from book one. 

The way both stories are tied together gives such a level of depth to all the characters, and especially that of the gods. And it's told in a way that you don't see in very many series.

Spoilers for HTK in case anyone reads Broken Kingdoms as a stand alone:

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And I really appreciate how the story handles the fallout of HTK. A lot of stories will go "hey we got the bad guy. Everything is normal/only moderately changed!", but Broken Kingdoms looks at the ripple effects and how the power structures, while shifted and still a good/"happy" ending for HTK, aren't suddenly better for everyone in the world. The characters we see from HTK too, aren't these flawless beings who are wise and kind either. Nahadoth and Seih, namely, didn't just magically get over their hurt and anger. Yeine isn't suddenly this all encompassing powerful entity. They still have their battles and balancing acts.

The ending of Broken Kingdoms:

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It's just so bittersweet! I cannot wait until the new character introduced ties into the next book, especially considering the title!!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Pedophilia and Physical abuse