The World We Make
Book description
Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth.
All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and…
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1 author picked The World We Make as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Great Cities Duology is the best urban fantasy I've read in a long time. Nothing against vampires and werewolves, but Jemisin pushes the genre so far beyond them.
She brings us a diverse cast whose lives are upended as they become avatars for the five boroughs of New York City. And what is a fitting opponent for New York City? Why, another city — this one full of horrors who seek to replace New York itself.
There's so much scathing comment here: gentrification, prejudice, systemic racism, bureaucratic obstacles that threaten to drown the city. The author herself found…
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