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The World We Make

Auteur(s): N. K. Jemisin
Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
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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 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.

N.K. Jemisin’s Great Cities Duology, which began with The City We Became and concludes with The World We Make, is a masterpiece of speculative fiction from one of the most important writers of her generation.

The Great Cities DuologyThe City We Became
The World We Make Action et aventure Fantastique Fantastique épique Fiction Épique New York

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"[Audiobook narrator Robin] Miles gives a masterful performance...she smoothly portrays the distinctive variations in the boroughs’ dialects and accents, making each vibrant and distinctive. Smart use of technical effects renders the invading city of R’lyeh alien and unnatural; Miles’s voicework makes it even more chilling. Long after the final battle for eight million souls has been fought, Miles’s dynamic and powerful performance will linger in listeners’ minds."—AudioFile
"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 on The City We Became
"The City We Became takes a broad-shouldered stand on the side of sanctuary, family and love. It's a joyful shout, a reclamation and a call to arms."—The New York Times
"The City We Became is a masterpiece of eldritch urban fantasy."—Buzzfeed News
"Jemisin's fantastical stories are anchored in complex societal systems and fully-imagined new worlds-all with fault lines lying in wait-that aim to help us better understand our own."—TIME on The City We Became
"Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold."—Entertainment Weekly on The City We Became
"A love letter, a celebration and an expression of hope and belief that a city and its people can and will stand up to darkness, will stand up to fear, and will, when called to, stand up for each other."


— NPR on The City We Became
"Thrillingly expansive without ever becoming abstract or high-flown."—The Los Angeles Times on The City We Became
"Three consecutive Hugo Awards and a cover blurb from Neil Gaiman -yes, it's time for you to pick up a novel by Jemisin, whose speculative fiction has a degree of inclusivity rare in the science-fiction world."—The Washington Post on The City We Became
"As always, Jemisin's writing is visionary and immersive...[Jemisin is] a science-fiction/fantasy GOAT."—GQ on The City We Became
"The City We Became is a raucous delight, a joyride, a call-to-arms, a revolution with plenty of dancing. Eat your heart out, Lovecraft."—Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January on The City We Became
"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) on The City We Became
"The most important speculative writer of her generation...She's that good."—John Scalzi
"As raw and vibrant as the city itself."—Library Journal on The City We Became
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I am a huge Jemisin fan, and this book (and its twin, The City We Became) are amazing reads - especially if you love New York! I wanted to write this review because this is without question one of the best audiobooks I have ever listened to. Robin Miles, who is always amazing, and killed it in The City We Became, is just absolutely off the chain here -- her voices and accents are amazing. It feels like a full cast production even though it's a one-woman show! But the production is phenomenal overall. Some careful, intentional use of sound effects and music provides a bit of color without overshadowing the story.

Magical!

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Note: This review discusses themes, character development, and narrative structure and contains mild spoilers.

I just finished reading The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin and rated it 4/5 stars. For me, a five is not just about quality. It is about mythic coherence. It is when a book’s logic holds and the ending arrives not as surprise, but as inevitability. It is an excellent book and a thoroughly enjoyable read, but a few specific choices kept it from reaching a full five for me.

I will start with what I enjoyed about the book. This book, even more than its predecessor, felt like a truly inhabited New York. The language, cadence, and descriptions all felt honest and grounded in the story. The streets of Brooklyn come alive, and you can smell the exhaust as Biggie bumps from a street vendor’s speaker.

I liked the uptick in fantastical elements and the continued development of the mythology. It all worked for this story. For the most part—and I will circle back to this later—the expanded mythology feels intentionally woven into the story rather than retrofitted as an afterthought.It is interesting that this time around, Jemisin leans into song titles and pop culture references in the book’s prose and chapter titles. It feels like she is more comfortable writing in this world. The City We Became, from what I have read of her work, was a meaningful deviation from her norms. It was a chance to articulate the slang and cadence of her New York. The World We Make reads like a book written from a place of comfort and even affirmation in that deviation. That comfort and confidence show up in the background of scenes painted with vivid vibrancy, without ever feeling overly described. On the streets of Jemisin’s NYC, she feels very much at home in her prose.

Meeting the various avatars from the other cities was a treat. I loved the imagination behind each one. Jemisin raised the stakes for the book without jumping the shark.

After being noticeably absent from the first book, the Wu finally show up. I love how Aislyn can name Staten Island’s xenophobic racism and its love of the Wu-Tang Clan not as a contradiction, but as an inherent necessity.

This book, more than its predecessor, felt like Jemisin was writing with a more visible agenda. That is not an inherent flaw, but it is noticeable in the narrative texture. The allegory felt thinner at times, not because the ideas themselves are weak, but because the book adopts a more polemical posture. In The City We Became, gentrification is embodied through the Woman in White’s anchor points, turning abstract forces into literal monsters. In The World We Make, similar dynamics are often named outright rather than manifested, which flattens the allegorical texture. In the first book, the symbolism literally attacks. In this one, it is more likely to send a message through hired thugs. That shift is part of the mythos of The World We Make: familiarity changes the means while intensifying the impact. The harbingers of doom are less fantasy and more next-door neighbor.

Jemisin released this book four years ago in a political and social climate that felt very different from the one we are in now. Reading this in 2026, the speculative distance has collapsed. What once might have felt pointed now feels almost understated, not because the novel lacks urgency, but because reality has become more extreme than the world Jemisin imagined. It raises the question of what her speculation might have looked like had she written this in the context of a New York City that voted for Mamdani as its mayor, where ICE is ever-present, and where previously left-leaning politicians take a right turn to drum up division as a political strategy.

My biggest grievance, and why I cannot give the book a 5/5 rating, is that she introduces aspects of the mythology too late in the story without ever hinting at them in the first book. Whether planned or not, these elements arrive as an addendum that retroactively changes the rules governing cities and their avatars. It breaks the narrative contract the first book asked me to trust. Having Manny suddenly be precognitive about his status as a city on the verge of awakening changed the rules of the original story. And the retcon line near the end of the book from Nique makes it seem all the more like a late addition.

While I enjoyed the ending, and there were hints of it in both books, it ultimately arrives in a minor deus ex machina fashion. The conclusion doesn’t feel honest to the rest of the book. With a little more exposition and foreshadowing, it could have landed as inevitable and right. And that is the thing, great endings are hard to stick, enjoyable or not.

Overall, Jemisin concluded her Great Cities duology with precision and excellent storytelling. Even though the mythic coherence falters and the ending feels slightly underdeveloped, the narrative itself holds fast. The part of me that simply enjoyed how good the story is wanted to give The World We Make 5/5 stars, if jubilation were the only metric. Still, this is a great read and a genuinely fun story. Now the rest of the world knows what Staten Island knew all along: politics is temporary, but Wu-Tang is FOREVER.

Politics Is Temporary: but Wu-Tang Is Forever | Reflections on The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin

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It was like I was watching a movie. The performers accents brought the free indirect discourse to life and the addition of music added tension in all of the right moments!

So good!

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Loved this series so much, it’s incredibly fun and interesting, The icing on the cake is Robin Miles, she brings each character to life in such a real way it’s impossible not to love them all. Highly recommend.

Robin Miles is Amazing

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This was my fifth of her novels and this two book series is phenomenal. The characters are rich and I quickly fell into their world. They feel like family and developed in a way that you care about them. The story is engaging and thoughtful, hilarious and smart. Would highly recommend (and I have to many!)

NK Jemisin is a gem

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