The Inheritance Trilogy (8 books in series)
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review 1: She has created such an amazing world.
review 2: Oh my life, I enjoyed this so much. Pure escapist bliss, but with a real soul beneath. Brilliant.
review 2: Oh my life, I enjoyed this so much. Pure escapist bliss, but with a real soul beneath. Brilliant.
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review 1: This book was so new, and different, refreshing. I loved everything about it.I loved following Yeine and watching her change. I liked the revelation of a slightly unreliable narrator (or even just a mentally disjointed narrator? I feel I got all the information, but just not in t...
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review 1: I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the transcendent subject matter that touched on the necessity of duality for existence. And I was enthralled and delighted by the epistemological and metaphysical focus of the dialogue an inner monologues. If you enjoy thinking abstractly but...
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review 1: The good: This book expands on the world introduced in the previous book, letting us see what life is like for the common people in the empire (particularly the capital city). The ways in which everyone's adjusted to a giant tree sprouting up in their city is fun, and I liked ho...
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review 1: Well, it wasn't nearly as strong as the first book in the series, but it was still a good read. The plot was a bit scattered and there was too much exposition at times, but it was fascinating to learn more about the world and how it had changed since the events of the first book....
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review 1: The last book in the trilogy is significantly toned down in excitement compared to previous two books. This one had a melancholy, slightly disturbing tone throughout, too. I might even say it seemed somewhat more epic, as it built upon the two previous books' foundations (a sign ...
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review 1: Fantastic book - it's about a woman who finds out she may be next in line to take over the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and soon finds herself in the midst of a cutthroat campaign featuring deadly enemies, gods and goddesses, all the while trying to navigate an entirely unfamiliar ...
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review 1: Jemisin has definitely grown as a writer which is always awesome to see. She keeps the fallible first person narration, but this time around it manages to strengthen instead of distract from the story underneath. I was a little less engaged in this one, maybe because there was le...