I've just finished this and I find myself feeling very emotional about it in a way that I can't explain. It's not the "blown away" feeling I had at the end of The Broken Kingdoms; this is something quieter that's developing as I keep digesting what I've just read.It started almost light and fun, totally appropriate for Sieh's nature but as - for reasons it took the whole book for us to understand - he matured and grew, the tone and strength of the story did too. I loved Sieh, I have from the beg...

It’s taken me almost three years to finally finish The Inheritance Trilogy Omnibus. As I’ve mentioned numerous times before, the previous books tied me up in emotional knots. This one? Not so much.This book follows the godling, Sieh, son of the Three who created the world and all who live in it. Their love and their jealousy almost broke that very same world and killed many of their children. At the end of the Gods War, Sieh, his father Nahadoth, and several other godlings ended up trapped in mo...

If this had been the first book, I wouldn't have read the other two. In fact, after reading this one, I went back re-read the first one to try to recall what I had liked about the series in the first place.OH YEAH: That book had consistent character development, measured pacing, and a coherent plot.I didn't hate The Kingdom of the Gods. Really, reading this book was kind of like visiting a good friend from middle school, but discovering she's gotten really into Scientology and it's all she wants...

Here are two seemingly contradictory statements regarding this book: 1) This book is the weakest in the series; and 2) It's a good ending for the series. I don't think these two statements actually contradict one another, but they'll give you a good idea of my mental state during and after reading this book.I think this book had two things working against it that weren't quite overcome in the execution. First, it's the only one of the trilogy whose main character is not mortal*. The protagonist

The Kingdom of Gods is an excellent wrap-up to Jemison's trilogy and the strongest of the three books. As with the prior novels, this one is both self-contained and made all the more rich and resonant by reading its predecessors. And as with the preceding two books, the novel is a distinctly emotional experience. The centralization of child-god Sieh as this story's narrator and point of identification is key: Sieh is both child and a being who is billions of years old; he is both a sweetly, misc...

I'm torn because I think this is probably a 4 star book, as I list it, but I didn't LOVE it as much as the first two in this trilogy. I don't know why, maybe I just didn't love the characters as much, maybe the focus on the mortal people was not as interesting as how deep the relationships ran in the last two books. I almost wish this book had been about the three gods reuniting, but I dunno. Sieh is a fantastic character, and this was a really interesting direction to take him, I'm just on the

I must say that this is the best of all three.Sieh.He touched me just as much as he touched Shahar or Deka. And before you start going on about how that's nasty, I mean it entirely metaphorically! Gosh, you people. I was damn close to tears an unknowable number of times while reading this. It was special in a way that all deeply mythological tales can be special, even when they tear a hole in reality to let in the Maelstrom, borrow from so many sources, and yet manage to be fully creative and or...

Most enjoyable of the trilogy, mainly carried by the fun the main character brings with himMaybe you should be happy, he said.When things are bad, change is good, right?Oke this final part is much more propulsive and with a more interesting main character Sieh (like Loki in his mischievousness mixed with childlike glee and cruelty). He is the master of clapbacks:Why didn’t she kill you?Because she hates me I suppose.orWhat do you want me to say? I’m sorry? I’m not.and:Yes you do look like shitan...

I liked it. I enjoyed it. But not wholeheartedly. I had problems with this book, sort of the same problems I had with the whole series but crystallized more obviously in this last volume. I am going to try to explain it (and most likely fail at making any sense. But in case you really want to know what I thought of this here goes)This series is all about major Gods (universe defining Gods), godlings and other assorted magical creatures interacting with humans in a particular universe. It´s a maj...

http://www.rantingdragon.com/the-king...Many fantasy fans loved N. K. Jemisin’s The Hundred-Thousand Kingdoms. Yet, a lot of these readers were put off by The Broken Kingdoms being set a decade later with an entirely new protagonist. Indeed, The Broken Kingdoms almost seemed like a stand-alone novel set in the same world. Fortunately, it wasn’t so. The story in The Broken Kingdoms was spun forth from the events of The Hundred-Thousand Kingdoms, and while offering a new perspective, it couldn’t e...

Although it wasn't my favourite of the trilogy, I'm giving this one five stars because it just wrapped up the entire series beautifully. That's not to say I didn't enjoy the book - I did, very much! There are some breath-taking scenes in this, and the usual host of awesome characters. Sieh, our intrepid lead, is difficult to like but in the end so very winning. I'm so pleased I read this series!

Well, this is tough to review.I'll get this out of the way: I liked The Kingdom of Gods and I thought it brought a pretty satisfying close to The Inheritance Trilogy. Sieh was an interesting choice of POV narrator, there was still a lot of charm of the world, and some of the newly introduced characters are compelling.But you don't want to read about the good parts, and I certainly have no desire to rewrite praise for the aspects of the trilogy I enjoyed. If you are looking for that, please check...

I'm trying not to be bummed because three stars is still a good rating (and I think I'm an outlier, on a brief scan of ratings on GR) but this just didn't satisfy me the way books one and two did.I've mentioned in my other review that the way book two fit into book one was different but still connected. Well that trend continues with book three but this one steps even further away from the major themes that connected those earlier instalments. This one also shifts gears in the particular perspec...

THIS WAS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY.

I liked this more as the conclusion of a trilogy than as a book in its own right. It is no secret that I am absolutely in love with N. K. Jemisin's writing and her brilliant imagination. This book is not exception to this; it is in parts brilliant, poignant, moving, and beautifully crafted; however, for me it did not work quite as well as the previous two books in this trilogy.This time around we follow Sieh - a decision I was immediately in love with because as you can see in my reviews for The...

The Kingdom of Gods in the final novel in the Inheritance trilogy, one I was anticipating greatly after reading and loving The Broken Kingdoms (and to a lesser extent, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms). In short, this is a strange and unconventional book/story, which does give it a certain originality and freshness, but is also slightly dissatisfying in the way it forgoes some of even the most basic writing principles.My biggest problem with The Kingdom of Gods was that there never seemed to be one...

Totally loved the way this one starts, hinting at the first two books! ”I tell you this so that you can relax. You’ll listen more closely if you aren’t flinching every other instant, waiting for the pratfall. (view spoiler)[ You will not reach the end and suddenly learn I have been talking to my other soul” [my comment: like the 1st book in the series] “or making a lullaby of my life for someone’s unborn brat.” [my comment: like the 2nd book in the series] (hide spoiler)] “I find such things d...

This book, both metaphorically and in a plot essence, is a clusterfuck. What the word!? Let me explain.Just so you know, I did not finish reading it at about 70%, nor do I intend to do it. I can, however, give you a disgruntled summary of what you may expect. Warning, spoilers ahead! Just like the first part of the Inheritance trilogy concentrated on the Dark Nahadoth and the second followed the footsteps of Bright Itempas, the finale takes Sieh as the focal point of a cosmic clusterfuck. That w...

ASHBASKHJDFKSHkj just bought on Kindle, about to start reading.WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW EXCITED I AM. This is me right now:Book 3, here I come!———————Edited to add review: 16th October 2011I really, really wanted to like this book. Having established her incredible writing chops in The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and The Broken Kingdoms, I expected to be wowed away by N.K. Jemisin in her trilogy's finale.The verdict?... eh.I'll get the bad parts out of the way first. One thing different about The...

The Kingdom of Gods is the third book in N. K. Jemisin’s Inheritance trilogy. Like the first two books it tells a complete story, although I think the background from the earlier books adds more depth that one wouldn’t get if they jumped straight to this book for some ungodly reason. If I were a godling, I’d be the godling of Reading Series Books in Consecutive Order. :)The story is set several decades after the last book and the main character is a godling that we’ve met before, but he’s new as...