The World We Make
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Description
Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields its magic. New York? She's got six.
But all is not well in the city that never sleeps. Though Brooklyn, Manny, Bronca, Venezia, Padmini, and Neek have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading--and destroying the entire universe in the process--the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and "law and order" may have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and take it down from the inside. In order to defeat him, and the Enemy who holds his purse strings, the avatars will have to join together with the other Great Cities of the world in order to bring her down for good and protect their world from complete destruction.
'Hopeful and enthralling, The World We Make is more evidence of [Jemisin's] ferocious talent' Esquire
'Jemisin brings her living-city saga to a satisfying conclusion, maintaining a sense of energy and excitement throughout' Booklist
'Jemisin embodies the spirit of the city in as lush and lively a voice as ever and does a masterful job incorporating even more history and magic' Publishers Weekly
'The conclusion to Jemisin's Great Cities duology is a searing commentary on present-day politics as manipulated by a primordial evil...This riveting and powerful urban fantasy duology is masterfully written' BuzzFeed News
The Great Cities Duology
The City We Became
The World We Make
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Konnte für mich nicht mit Band 1 mithalten. Mir war die Erzählung zu episodenhaft und zusammenhangslos, darunter musste auch die Charakterentwicklung leiden, die nicht beschrieben wurde, sondern einfach da war. Natürlich gibt es starke Szenen, erschütternde und aufrüttelnde Szenen. Aber im Ganzen betrachtet bin ich etwas enttäuscht, zumal das Ende auch unbefriedigend einfach war. Jemisin meint im Nachwort, dass sie von der Realität eingeholt wurde und dadurch keine wirkliche Lust mehr hatte, an der Reihe weiterzuschreiben. Total verständlich, aber sie hat trotzdem noch einen zweiten Teil veröffentlicht. Dass ein dritter geplant war und jetzt fehlt, merkt man finde ich sehr. Nichtsdestotrotz ist Jemisin eine unglaubliche Autorin, egal was sie veröffentlichen wird, wird irgendwann gelesen werden.
4.5 Where I felt that the first volume of the series dragged on for to long sometimes, Jemisin often got to the point in "The World We Make" too quickly for my taste. Reading that she struggled a lot with the book, which was originially intended to be the middle part of a trilogy, but real life events caught up with what was happening in the book too quickly, and that Jemisin even considered cancelling the series after the first book altogether, I'm still happy that she managed to write this one. It's still a well written and fantastic story, as is to be expected from this author, though I have qualms with some of the decisions she made. (And where is the Beyoncé cameo??) Altogether, really happy with my experience and looking forward to what she is going to dish out next!
Description
Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields its magic. New York? She's got six.
But all is not well in the city that never sleeps. Though Brooklyn, Manny, Bronca, Venezia, Padmini, and Neek have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading--and destroying the entire universe in the process--the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and "law and order" may have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and take it down from the inside. In order to defeat him, and the Enemy who holds his purse strings, the avatars will have to join together with the other Great Cities of the world in order to bring her down for good and protect their world from complete destruction.
'Hopeful and enthralling, The World We Make is more evidence of [Jemisin's] ferocious talent' Esquire
'Jemisin brings her living-city saga to a satisfying conclusion, maintaining a sense of energy and excitement throughout' Booklist
'Jemisin embodies the spirit of the city in as lush and lively a voice as ever and does a masterful job incorporating even more history and magic' Publishers Weekly
'The conclusion to Jemisin's Great Cities duology is a searing commentary on present-day politics as manipulated by a primordial evil...This riveting and powerful urban fantasy duology is masterfully written' BuzzFeed News
The Great Cities Duology
The City We Became
The World We Make
Book Information
Posts
Konnte für mich nicht mit Band 1 mithalten. Mir war die Erzählung zu episodenhaft und zusammenhangslos, darunter musste auch die Charakterentwicklung leiden, die nicht beschrieben wurde, sondern einfach da war. Natürlich gibt es starke Szenen, erschütternde und aufrüttelnde Szenen. Aber im Ganzen betrachtet bin ich etwas enttäuscht, zumal das Ende auch unbefriedigend einfach war. Jemisin meint im Nachwort, dass sie von der Realität eingeholt wurde und dadurch keine wirkliche Lust mehr hatte, an der Reihe weiterzuschreiben. Total verständlich, aber sie hat trotzdem noch einen zweiten Teil veröffentlicht. Dass ein dritter geplant war und jetzt fehlt, merkt man finde ich sehr. Nichtsdestotrotz ist Jemisin eine unglaubliche Autorin, egal was sie veröffentlichen wird, wird irgendwann gelesen werden.
4.5 Where I felt that the first volume of the series dragged on for to long sometimes, Jemisin often got to the point in "The World We Make" too quickly for my taste. Reading that she struggled a lot with the book, which was originially intended to be the middle part of a trilogy, but real life events caught up with what was happening in the book too quickly, and that Jemisin even considered cancelling the series after the first book altogether, I'm still happy that she managed to write this one. It's still a well written and fantastic story, as is to be expected from this author, though I have qualms with some of the decisions she made. (And where is the Beyoncé cameo??) Altogether, really happy with my experience and looking forward to what she is going to dish out next!