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The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
4.75
challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I picked this up in ebook format, and man oh man am I glad I read this not as an audiobook. There is something about the author's writing that is rather clinical and the narrator they work with just makes it feel doubly so. I think the first book could have been a 5 star for me if I had read it not as an audiobook. 

This books POV was a little less intriguing and a little less gripping then the first book. But I really liked one of the POV additions and I'm very interested to see where things go... this book suffered the middle book trilogy case of feeling like a carrier to get us from point A to point B. That said it didn't suffer mightily for it, it just lacked the something that could have put it at a 5 star. 

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