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The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

4 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

mlynch133's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Police brutality

Moderate: Ableism, Incest, and Cannibalism

Minor: War, Slavery, Torture, and Pregnancy

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