The Kingdom of Gods

I had my reservations about this one after how much I liked The Broken Kingdoms. I was very pleased to find everything worked out well. Sieh was a fascinating main character to explore and I loved the parallels scattered throughout the book. As with the previous books, it did feel a bit like the biggest plot points got resolved pretty quickly near the end of the story. But the buildup and character building made the story very engaging to read.I had very few issues with the story. The passage of time got a bit confusing, and I had a lot of trouble figuring out Remath's motives throughout the majority of the story. A part of me wished for more action, but what was written was very nicely spaced out and always entertaining to read.I think this trilogy has been a fascinating study in character building. Overall, I still find the first book the weakest, and Yeine remains a bit flat in terms of personality and plot contribution. But the previous book and this one had very strong main characters that made me fall in love with the world over and over again.And, as expected, I was very happy about the little side story at the very end. In the end, I'm very glad to have read this trilogy.

**This review has no spoilers and addresses all three books in this trilogy as a story arch**Great read! I had never read NK Jemisin before but I thoroughly enjoyed this series, which I read on my Kindle. Inventive, not your usual "high fantasy," and each book has a slightly different feel. Four stars because rather than choosing between Among Other's insightfully described "writing style vs. plot," Jamisin's Inheritance Trilogy has both: entertaining, accessible writing and creative, interesting plots that kept me reading through the night. Well, several nights. The subtle (sometimes not so subtle, but never offensively so) commentaries on race, culture, class, religion, and the question of nature vs. nurture were thought provoking, but never interrupted the flow of the story or digressed into preaching/ sermon.Four stars, vice five, because I was disappointed that there wasn't an overarching focus on the main three characters development across the three books despite the above-noted common themes (each book feels like the same universe and is internally consistent all the way through). Maybe I'm just too used to the six episode Star Wars movies (ohhhhhhhh.... it really is ALL about Darth Vader....) or the feeling of LOTR (how Aragorn grows! Sam is actually a more interesting character than Frodo!), but I found myself waiting for that sort of bridging between novels, and it never really happened. The characters are all there, you see them from different perspectives (in a wonderfully skillful presentation of the complexity of humans, and the gods that act like them, and the lenses through which we all see the world), but each of the three/four main gods have their "moments" in each of the books. As a result, the character development/arch of the gods with more substance in the first two books felt incomplete when I finished book three.That said --- don't let this relatively small comment stop you from reading these wonderful, hard-to-put-down fantasies.

The 10,000 Kingdom books leave me in a happy, satisfied daze. I love the writing, which is gorgeous, full of delicious words and phrases worth savoring. I love the characters, all the gods and godlings, for their glorious strangeness. I love the world, which is a pleasure to imagine and still described so wonderfully that I can sit back and be dazzled. And I love the stories, which have the weight and heft of good myth but the intimacy of a proper novel.Basically, I love everything about these books.I was thrilled to discover that the main character here is Sieh, who I (sigh, yes, again) have loved in previous books. The Trickster, a god of childhood who's been alive nearly since the dawn of time, innocent and cynical by turns. Sort of like Peter Pan before Wendy came along and tamed him.It's a joy to spend time with Sieh and to see the world from his point of view, but - I have to admit - my affection for Sieh made the book harder to read. Why? Because in KINGDOM OF THE GODS, Sieh must grow up. I didn't want Sieh to grow up. Nor did I want him to become a mortal, which also happens.I won't spoil any more of the story. Yeine, Nahadoth, and Itempas reappear, and Sieh has new insight into the complex relationships among the Three. I found myself thinking that even though Yeine, Nahadoth and Itempas have had "their" books that their relationships are so complex and shifting that Jemisin could write whole new stories for them without spoiling or taking away from earlier books. I can't think of another author or series I could say that about. Mostly, I don't want the trilogy to be over & I hope, in one shape or another, that Jemisin returns to the 10,000 Kingdoms.Enough babbling. This is a great book and you should read it.

At first I thought I wouldn’t like this book. The first two really had me captivated. This book was honestly the perfect ending to the story.

The third book in this trilogy is as brilliantly well done as the first two, bringing it all to a very satisfactory ending with new revelations about the Gods and Godlings of this universe that enable all (or at least most) of the loose ends to be tidied up and tied off.The Gods and Godlings are, of course, central not only to the world building but also to the plot, so it's worth taking a moment to focus on this part of Jemisin's writing. Like the deities of the ancient Greeks, Romans and others, they are in many ways all too human: for all their power and knowledge, for all their eons of life experience, they are still capable of being petty, and careless, of making grievous mistakes (especially in relationships) and of making things worse while trying to put things right. Above all, they are confined by their own natures. They cannot become more than they inherently are, which puts an ultimate limit on even the most powerful of the Gods.The entire trilogy could be seen as a parable about the dangers of power without wisdom. Or you could just read as a wonderful bit of story telling, marvelously well imagined, perfectly structured and utterly enthralling from beginning to end.

Two weeks of reading both trilogy’s. Love this lady’s work. Read it right now if you are hungering for a great read. Love the war of Gods and mortals. Brilliant world builder;)

Once again, N.K.Jemisin does not disappoint. A beautiful , explosive, vibrant ending to the trilogy. The world of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is a must read. If you enjoy fantasy, go pick up this trilogy now!

In this, the third book of the Hundred Thousand Kingdom trilogy, we focus on Sieh the oldest of the godlings. Sieh is a fantastic character who plays a secondary role in the first two books of the series. This book is the story of how the god of childhood grows up. In this book, Sieh's character learns to love and to forgive.

"She looks so much like Enefa, I think, the first time I see her. [...] I fell in love with her then, just a little."Im dritten und (vorläufig) letzten Band der "Inheritance"-Trilogy übernimmt der Trickster "Sieh" die Führung. Neben dem weiteren Verlauf der Geschichte erfahren wir auch Details aus der Vergangenheit der Götter. Wie war das genau mit Enefa und Nahadoth? Was spielte Sieh selbst für eine Rolle? Und wie war das eigentlich mit Itempas? - Wer sich ebenfalls diese Fragen gestellt hat, wird sich über "The Kingdom of Gods" sehr freuen. Jemisin's Buch verknüpft Vergangenheit mit Gegenwart und Zukunft und macht es so auch für neue Leser einfach, sich in die Geschichte einzulesen. Ja, richtig gehört! Wer mutig ist, kann die Bücher durcheinander lesen. Sie hängen zwar zusammen, sind jedoch in sich abgeschlossen.Zum Inhalt:Sieh ist alles andere als begeistert davon, dass Yeine sich plötzlich für Itempas interessiert. Frustriert wagt er eine Rückkehr nach Sky, wo er sogleich den neuen Erben des Arameri- Clans, Shahar und Dekarta, begegnet. Was anfangs als einer seiner Streiche beginnt, endet im puren Chaos. Er verspricht den beiden Kindern ein ewiges Freundschafts-Bündnis und verliert während des Blutschwurs seine Göttlichkeit. Während er immer mehr zum Menschen wird, häufen sich Attentate in Sky. Hin und hergerissen zwischen seiner Rationalität und seinen Gefühlen (vor allem seiner Liebe zu Shahar), trifft Sieh auf Hado, der sich inzwischen Ahad nennt und das örtliche Bordell leitet. Er und seine Verschwörungsorganisation sind sich sicher, dass die Attentäter aus dem Hohen Norden stammen. Er schickt Sieh auf eine Reise, die ihn tiefer in die Vergangenheit führen wird als je zuvor. Das Geheimnis scheint nur Sieh selbst zu kennen, doch da ist noch immer Enefas Stimme, die ihn bittet zu vergessen...Erneut ist Jemisin ein Buch gelungen, das zum Denken anregt. Dieses Werk schreit geradezu danach gelesen zu werden, doch ich warne davor, genau dies zu tun. Die Geschichte ist voller Stereotypen und Archetypen. Man braucht ein gewisses Vorwissen, um das Buch auch wirklich zu verstehen. Daher empfehle ich dieses Werk auch nur Lesern, die mindestens 16 Jahre alt sind. Gleichsam sollte man offen für Neues sein: Jemisin's Bücher sind nichts für schwache Nerven! Homosexualität, Sklaverei, Tyrannei... Beim Lesen könnte man durchaus an seine Grenzen stoßen.Jemisin gehört definitiv zu den Autoren, denen ich gerne einmal begegnen würde. In ihren Büchern schafft sie eine vollkommen neue Welt, wie wir sie uns kaum vorstellen können. Götter, ein Palast in einem Baum und Liebe, wie sie in unseren Kreisen noch heute tabu ist. Beinahe schon zu gut beschreibt sie die Kleinigkeiten, die den meisten Autoren durch die Lappen gehen und gibt uns auf diese Weise einen besonderen Einblick in Siehs Gefühlswelt. Sie erschafft einzigartige Figuren. Vielleicht wird man die eine oder andere Person aus den früheren Büchern vermissen, aber es gibt genug Nachschub.Die Trilogie hat mich immer wieder nachdenklich gestimmt. In der heutigen Zeit wird uns unser Weltbild beinahe aufgedrängt, man denkt entweder so oder so. Jemisin will uns mit ihrem Buch wahrscheinlich genau auf dies aufmerksam machen. Vielleicht wollte sie aber auch nur ein schockierendes Werk abliefern. Ich muss zugeben, es war noch nie so schwer für mich eine Rezension zu schreiben. Ich denke noch immer über die Geschichte nach, überlege, was ich vielleicht anders deuten kann oder was ich vielleicht missverstanden habe. Bei einem bin ich mir jedoch sicher: dieses Buch wird nicht nur mein Weltbild auf den Kopf stellen.