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Quality
K jemisinthere are absolutely no words that can justify the quality of this woman's work.
In all honesty i am not a fan of this type of literature however when i started reading i became totally fascinated with the storyline.
I did have an issue with the ending.
I was intrigued with the concept of gathering but when the aspect of reaping was introduced i became intrigued with the dream b... Read More
Price
Nk jemisin is still one of my favorite fantasy writers.
Nk jemisin is easily one of the best sff authors.
Shipping
The worldbuilding comes at you fast and furious, and it confused me a little at first.
Packaging/appearance
This, here, is the first book in the dreamblood duology.
Gujaareh is ruled in lasting peace by the goddess of dreams, hananja, who is represented in the waking world (hona-karekh) by t... Read More
Competitiveness
Amazing story set in a truly original world.
In particular, i loved how jemisin linked ehiru's past traumas, into his final devolution as a reaper (out of control gatherer).
But still, jemisin treated it as a mystery and it really wasn't.
I didn’t think i would be into the fantasy genre but after being gifted the broken earth trilogy, i looked up 2 triologies and ... Read More
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Words arent meant to be stiff unchanging things
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The people who made sure those words passed on were my ancestors
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Within the moonlights strange shadows a man might crouch on the shadowed ledge of a building and be only a faint edging against the marbled gray
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Im starting obelisk gate now when i have gobbled that down i will go back to the second dreamblood novel then i will be waiting for the next wonderful creation i read the inheritance trilogy in between
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The land and city of gujaareh has stood for a thousand years by the banks of the river called goddesss blood which is definitely not the nile just as gujaareh is definitely not lower egypt and its neighbor kisua is definitely not upper egypt
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One of them is ehiru who on the night the story begins botches a gathering unintentionally dooming a soul to eternal torment
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As i finished the broken earth trilogy twice in one year and the inheritance series including the awakened kingdom i decided to hold off reading the dreamblood duology as i would have nothing else of jemisins to read
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The villains are so despicable the more i read the more i want them to suffer slower and much more intensely than those they tormented