The World We Make
A Novel
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4.2 • 10 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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 Duology
The City We Became
The World We Make
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
If you haven’t read The City We Became, you’ll definitely want to do it before starting the second book of N. K. Jemisin’s amazing fantasy series. Six people who live in New York City (and right across the river in Jersey City) have just awakened to the realization that they’re the human avatars of one city-sized being. A Lovecraftian creature known as the Woman in White is amplifying all of the negative, polarizing aspects of urban humanity, attempting to disrupt the vibrant, flourishing diversity that unites the people of New York. Unfortunately, the other living cities of the world are slow to understand the cosmic threat this enemy poses. So what can New York’s six avatars do? Run for mayor! You won’t want to miss this ultimate battle for the soul of humanity, which suggests that even the tiniest friendly act can help the universe thrive.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Four-time Hugo Award winner Jemisin's sequel to The City We Became loses some of the power of the first volume even as it continues to extol New York City's diversity, history, and unusual kindness. Following the events of the first book, New York's personified boroughs—minus Staten Island and plus the "honorary borough" of Jersey City—have learned how to control their city-based magic, but the invasive cosmic city of R'lyeh has its roots sunk into Staten Island and a Trumpian mayoral candidate preaching hate has the city's avatars on edge. As the hate spreads, R'lyeh grows ever closer. Now the boroughs must cobble together an alliance once more and recruit the other cities of the world to help before R'lyeh wipes New York City off the map entirely. 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. Where this falters is in the unchanging character dynamics, familiar narrative beats, and fight scenes that feel like retreads of those in book one. Still, readers looking for another underdog tale of human connection will be satisfied—though not blown away—by this series finale.
