The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N. K. Jemisin Reviews
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Newest Review: ... and the dual approach of love and hatred for the omnipresent beings. Yeine soon learns hard truths about her family, her ... more
... character and the fate of the kingdom through her actions. She becomes a plaything for the gods and their aims and ambitions are played out through her, this is both in the physical and the mental.
The book is in the voice of Yeine, it is peripheral and engaging and the reader never gets a comfortable feeling. She is a complex and awkward character and her actions are hard to follow, when the presence of a god is added to the mix then the potential for world bending fantasy is present. The biggest issue with any f...more
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N. K. Jemisin: A new voice in the fantasy field and very welcome (716 words)by - written on 08/04/11 (Very useful, 57 readings)
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The hundred thousand kingdoms is the debut novel by American author NK Jemisin, it is the first part of a trilogy and tells the story of Yeine Darr in the kingdom of Sky. Yeine is a barbarian from the north whose mother was murdered in mysterious circumstances two years earlier, she is asked by her Grandfather the ruler of Sky to visit him. Yeine is astonished when he gives the throne to her, with one small catch, he has also given the throne to two of the cousins. This book is firmly set in a fantasy world but the world of fantasy of the human imagination rather than that of elves, dwarves and dragons. This is fantasy in which the differences are in the ... Read the complete review
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