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A review by bergha1998
The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I found this book far less compelling than the previous ones I’ve read by the author. The idea felt very interesting, I just wasn’t sure about the pacing.
Fantasy, Religion
“Real love lasts years. It causes pain, and endures through it.”
“Suffering is part of life,” she said. “All the parts of life are jumbled up together; you can’t separate out just the one thing.”
“I want every moment of my life, pretty man, the painful and the sweet alike. Until the very end. If these are all the memories I get for eternity, I want to take as many of them with me as I can.”
“True peace required the presence of justice, not just the absence of conflict.”
Fantasy, Religion
“Real love lasts years. It causes pain, and endures through it.”
“Suffering is part of life,” she said. “All the parts of life are jumbled up together; you can’t separate out just the one thing.”
“I want every moment of my life, pretty man, the painful and the sweet alike. Until the very end. If these are all the memories I get for eternity, I want to take as many of them with me as I can.”
“True peace required the presence of justice, not just the absence of conflict.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail