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Fantasy Literature
| Justin Blazier
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Review Rating: 100
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...the writing is both vivid and entertaining with a very reader-friendly pace and I appreciated that there was none of the hoighty-toighty self-indulgent Arthurian hooey in The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms.
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SF Signal
| Andrew Liptak
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Review Rating: 100
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A stunning debut novel by N.K. Jemisin that exemplifies strong world building and character stories.
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Fantasy Book Critic
| Robert Thompson
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Review Rating: 80
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Extremely well-written, imaginative, emotionally gripping, and featuring a compelling narrator, "The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms" is an almost-perfect debut...
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Fantasy Literature
| Bill Capossere
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Review Rating: 80
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...I was wholly engaged through nearly the entire trilogy with only a few patches of dead narrative space.
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Library Journal
| Jackie Cassada
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Review Rating: 80
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An engaging heroine and a fresh take on traditional dynastic fantasy make this trilogy opener a delight for the fantasy reader and introduce a strong new voice to the genre. (Starred Review)
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Locus Online
| Faren Miller
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Review Rating: 80
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...inventiveness, irreverence, and sophistication -- along with sensuality -- brings vivid life to the setting and other characters...
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Neth Space
| Neth
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Review Rating: 80
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I found The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by Jemisin to be a quick and fascinating read.
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Pat`s Fantasy Hotlist
| Kay Kenyon
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Review Rating: 80
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If you love a mystery, this sparkling tale delivers with divine power.
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Publishers Weekly
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Review Rating: 80
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Multifaceted characters struggle with their individual burdens and desires, creating a complex, edge-of-your-seat story with plenty of funny, scary, and bittersweet twists. (Starred Review)
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SF Site
| Jason Erik Lundberg
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Review Rating: 80
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...an incredible debut by a truly talented author, full of danger, sensuality, and wonder.
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SFRevu
| Cathy Green
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Review Rating: 80
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N.K. Jemisin has written a fascinating epic fantasy...
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Strange Horizons
| Maureen Kincaid Speller
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Review Rating: 80
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The vigour of the storytelling is such that, for once, I can honestly say that I found this novel extremely difficult to put down, and keenly anticipate the sequel.
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Fantasy Literature
| Amanda Rutter
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Review Rating: 77
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I'm pleased to have read The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and consider it a very solid debut...
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Fantasy Literature
| Marion Deeds
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Review Rating: 75
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The book was a quick read for me and I appreciated how, even with a first-person narrator, Jemisin managed to maintain suspense, since Yeine's life is believably in danger from the opening paragraph.
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SF Reviews
| Thomas M. Wagner
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Review Rating: 70
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It's simply packed to the rafters with secrets and lies, skullduggery and betrayal, lust and anguish, all within the context of the most staggeringly dysfunctional family dynasty one can imagine.
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Boomtron
| Elena Nola
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Review Rating: 60
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The story and the world had quite a fascinating premise, but it was executed with mixed results, at least for me.
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Stephen Hunts SF Crownest
| Vinca Russell
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Review Rating: 60
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...a satisfying beginning to a new trilogy and I'm looking forward to continuing the story in book two.
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