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Publisher's Summary
Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times best-selling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a "glorious" story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City.
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power.
In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful and powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her.
In Brooklyn, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels.
And they're not the only ones.
Every great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She's got six.
For more from N. K. Jemisin, check out:
The Inheritance Trilogy
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
- The Broken Kingdoms
- The Kingdom of God
- The Inheritance Trilogy (omnibus edition)
"Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych" (e-only short fiction)
The Awakened Kingdom (e-only novella)
Dreamblood Duology
- The Killing Moon
- The Shadowed Sun
- The Dreamblood Duology (omnibus)
The Broken Earth
The Fifth Season
The Obelisk Gate
The Stone Sky
How Long 'til Black Future Month? (short story collection)
"A glorious fantasy." (Neil Gaiman)
What the critics say
"A love/hate song to and rallying cry for the author's home of New York... Fierce, poetic, uncompromising." (Kirkus, starred review)
"The City We Became is a wonderfully inventive love letter to New York City that spans the multiverse. A big middle finger to Lovecraft with a lot of heart, creativity, smarts and humor. A timely and audacious allegorical tale for our times. This book is all these things and more." (Rebecca Roanhorse, author of Trail of Lightning)
"It's a glorious fantasy, set in that most imaginary of cities, New York. It's inclusive in all the best ways, and manages to contain both Borges and Lovecraft in its fabric, but the unique voice and viewpoint are Jemisin's alone." (Neil Gaiman)
"Some of the most exciting and powerful fantasy writing of today... Jemisin's latest will attract...even those who don't typically read genre fiction." (Booklist, starred review)
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- Sam
- 2021-10-06
Should have listened to the other critical reviews…
I ignored all the critical reviews I read before buying this book since the concept is just so good! It’s unique and fresh, and I was willing to try it out despite the comments about the plot and character development... and gosh were they right. So many characters blend together I still don’t know who is who. They are just angry, cussing and confused folks, and it’s repetitive like this for chapters on end. But I pushed through that to try and give it a chance because the performance is done quite well. It’s the best one I’ve heard to date. Is that worth dragging yourself through the monotonous middle? *shrug* up to you. I won’t be continuing this series.
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- michelle walsh
- 2023-12-18
My love for Robin Miles knows no bounds
The narrator was incredible as always. I didn’t feel as drawn into this narrative as I did with the Broken Earth trilogy (my truest love) but I did enjoy the overall analogy. I’m looking forward to the sequel to see if I enjoy that one more.
I do feel like the ending was a letdown, though I won’t say anything to spoil it.
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- Penny Staples
- 2023-09-16
Brilliant!
Excellent story and top-notch narration. I am hoping there is a sequel. Highly recommend
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- screwdriver
- 2023-06-30
Boring
Don’t care about first world problems, fiction part was somewhat okay, but very little of it in the story.
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- Nicole
- 2022-12-14
THIS IS SO GOOD
One of the best audio books I ever listened to. Totally unique story, and an absolutely amazing performance by Robin Miles.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-11-08
Mind stretching and creative!
can’t express how much I love the imagination of of NK Jemisin, and she doesn’t disappoint as she turns her creativity to the magical realism of cities. The narration is excellent, the diversity in characters and fantastical ties with real life events is an immense joy. Highly recommend this duology.
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- Jamie @ Books and Ladders
- 2022-09-20
Can't Wait for the Sequel!
TLDR Review: This was an extremely well-produced audiobook and I highly recommend listening to it if you can! I thought that the beginning was really interesting and had a lot of really great elements too it, but the middle got a little too big to handle. It has really intricate characters and fantastic worldbuilding, but something was lost in the middle. But the 70% onward mark brought it all back together and the ending was fantastic! I can't wait to see where this story goes into the next book in the series.
This was a really interesting story and an even more interesting concept. I loved the idea of people being the embodiment of a city, or in this case that five people came together to be a full city with each representing a specific area. I have been to NYC and seen a bunch of the boroughs, so it was so interesting to see them come to life in a person, but not just in a token or stereotypical way. I enjoyed how we met each of the avatars, which is what these characters are called, and how they decided to work together. I loved the "found family" aspect to it and how they figured out how to best work together.
I loved the overlapping themes of social justice and how it is to be Black in America, especially as a woman. I also appreciated the youth perspective as well as feeling isolated or alienated because of a Zip Code. I think that this was a good story and one that was needed for the time. Do I think that some people will be turned off because of the way that Jemisin writes about being Black? Yes. Are they wrong? Also yes.
But the writing style in general isn't for everyone. Something I also struggled with when I read Jemisin's THE FIFTH SEASON was the writing style and getting into the character's mindset. With five perspectives, this was even more difficult for me. Everyone was unique and felt different - I didn't have an issue figuring out who was who - but I definitely didn't get into everyone's heads the same way. I felt that this lost it's way in the middle because of that but it did pick up again around 70% with the climax of this book.
I appreciated that instead of using the "city" as a character, the city was divided into characters. That made for such an interesting worldbuilding and made me appreciate the surrounding and setting that much more. Knowing that the city was the main catalyst for this, made it a really interesting way of viewing how the characters grew and developed. But I still wanted more - I think often using the backdrop of New York was an easy way of getting out of having some more difficult conversations or growth for the characters.
I am definitely excited to see where this goes next, how the characters become a full team, and what that means for their individuality since they need to be together to "be" New York. But this is definitely worth the read, especially if you love Jemisin's other works!
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- Jamie Charles
- 2022-01-19
Robin Miles Brings New York Alive
January 2022 | 4/5
I started my year with the short story that inspired this work, and to be honest, it was just OK. So I thought I knew what I was getting with the novel, this time I choose the audiobook with Robin Miles, and Holy fucking shit, what a different experience.
The book starts with a retelling of the short story, and I understood the text was not to be read with my innervoice - I don't have the skills. Robin Miles brought this book to life. The different accents and inflections of the five boroughs of New York needed a voice actor (or a full cast) to make it work.
So the book is about the great city of New York coming to life - but there's a problem - New York has so many personalities it's kinda stuck in limbo. Will it join the other great cities or fail like the lost city of Atlantis?
I'm excited to see where Jemisin takes this series in future releases.
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- Cath Albu
- 2021-07-15
An instant favorite
First off: the voices are incredible. Distinctive, realistic, and so true to the characters. Definitely one of the best audiobook performances I've had the pleasure of listening to.
The story itself is also excellent. Loved the twists and turns, the world the author has crafted, and the characters she chose to portray. This was my first book by NK Jemisin, and it definitely won't be the last!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-07-06
brilliant!!
this books is plain brilliance. I really loved the story and characters. Robin Miles is a fantastic narrator and did an amazing job bringing it all to life.
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