6/25/2023 0 Comments The city that we became![]() Immediately evident here is Jemisin’s understanding of the differences between the boroughs. The City We Became follows these five avatars as they struggle against an extradimensional Enemy trying to kill New York City and race to locate the primary, who lies somewhere in the city, comatose after his battle for the city’s birth. While most cities only have a single avatar, some, like New York City, are so diverse and varied that there is a single, primary avatar and then others who represent each part of the city-the five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. ![]() Cities can erupt into a kind of multidimensional sapience and are, as a part of this processed, embodied through human avatars. Or at least, it is in the process of being born. I’m going to do my best only to remark on this book in this review. ![]() In a rare event, I read the sequel immediately after finishing this book, so I actually know how this series ends before sitting down to write this review. ![]() Jemisin’s story “The City Born Great”, which I read in How Long ’Til Black Future Month, has become The City We Became and a sequel. I love it when authors take concepts from a short story, novelette, or novella and turn them into entire novels! In this case, N.K. ![]()
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