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For fans of mythology, fantasy, and historical fiction, this is a great read. It took me awhile to get into it fully because I'm not a big fan of action packed road trips (which made up a fair sized portion of the beginning of the book), but once the story got to where it was going and the two pov characters met, I became hooked. However, unlike in the summery amazon gives for this novel, the Suleiman mentioned is not Sultan Suleiman I "the Magnificent" of the Ottoman Empire, but the prophet Suleiman, also known as Solomon. As disappointed as I was to figure this out, and no matter how little it related to "A Song of Ice and Fire"/"Game of Thrones," also unlike their description, it was a very enjoyable read and I found I couldn't put it down once I was about a third of the way through. Chakraborty makes the world she writes about come alive with a well fleshed out fictional history of the civilization and characters she created, and the political intrigues running through the book make each chapter ending a true cliffhanger.


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The City of Brass A Novel The Daevabad Trilogy S A Chakraborty Books Reviews

The City of Brass was a book I recognized from the cover but hadn't heard many people talking about it. And then all of a sudden in the past month I was seeing it everywhere and it was getting rave reviews. So I decided it was time to request it from the library. And I'm happy I did!

The main characters are all written so well. I felt like Ii easily knew them and I couldn't help but love Nahri, Dara, and even Ali by the end. Nahri is such a badass character. When we first meet her she's living in Cairo, Egypt stealing and conning people to survive. We learn she has this magical healing power but she doesn't know where it came from or even where she comes from. I think her motives and her character arc are realistic and I easily rooted for her the entire way through the story. I do not typically have fictional literary crushes, but Dara is definitely an exception. I enjoyed his individual plot when it came to his past and his own character arc but also him and Nahri had amazing chemistry. They stole the show every time they had a scene together. I liked their friendship and I really loved their romance. I would have loved to see more. The one main character I wasn't a huge fan of at first was Ali. He kind of drove me insane but by the end of the story he did warm up to me a bit more. I am not sure how I completely feel about him but he doesn't annoy me as much anymore either.

I love that on the cover and in the story it is shown/described that Nahri wears a head wrap (and even there's a part where she wears one that covers everything but her eyes) because there isn't many fantasy or even contemporary stories, at least in YA where that kind of representation is front and center in the story. I am so happy for any readers who will see themselves on the cover or even in Nahri herself. She's an amazing character to relate to because of her strength and determination. Representation matters and I think this is a great example of that.

The plot was an incredibly rich and it was thick with these beautiful Middle Eastern settings. I have not read a lot of fantasy (or really, any genre) set in the Middle East so this whole atmosphere is very new to me. The added on Middle Eastern mythology, food, clothing, and culture made the reading experience come alive way more than a lot of fantasy novels I've read, especially the first in a series. I loved learning about this world and it's one of the best fantasy worlds I've read in a very long time. However, the pacing for this book did have me feeling a bit nervous I was entering in a reading slump territory. It took me longer than it typically would for me to really get hooked into the story and I found myself having to put my phone across the room so I wouldn't let myself get distracted at every new chapter. It wasn't until about 250 pages into the story where I actually felt hooked and needed to keep reading. I think taking your time reading the story may be the best way to read it because there are so many important details in the different djinn tribes and it could have been confusing if I tried speeding through the story.

The writing, like I mentioned earlier, is so well done with the setting and fantastical world Nahri is thrown into. I also love a lot of the dialogue, especially between Nahri and Dara because of their playful banter and how comfortable they are with each other. Although I enjoyed a lot of the dialogue and I loved the world, I also felt a bit of a disconnect emotionally when it came to the characters. It was weird, because on one hand I liked them a lot and I thought they were well written, but there was something detaching myself from being emotionally invested as much as I normally would have been. I think it may be because I was so focused on the political intrigue, the different tribes of djinn, and even the history of the djinn and the characters. As I was reading I noticed the kindle e-book edition was only two dollars so I snagged it immediately. So I plan on re-reading it before the release of the second one and I am hoping now that I have read it once I can be more emotionally invested in the next read.Unfortunately, that plus the pacing is why I gave it four stars instead of the five I would have given it if I didn't have those issues.

I highly recommend this book. I think it is a beautiful fantasy story and I am definitely reading the second book the moment it comes out because I need to know what is going to happen next. If you're a fan of the fantasy genre, worlds rich with culture and mythology, an amazing cast of characters, and some terrifying villains, I recommend picking up The City of Brass.
I have been looking forward to this book since it was first announced, and I wasn't disappointed. THE CITY OF BRASS has some of the best fantasy world building I've ever read, along with compelling characters, an intriguing mystery, a dash of swoon-worthy romance, and roots in cultures that don't normally take center stage in fantasy. I mean, seriously, when was the last time you read a fantasy set in Egypt in the 19th century? On top of all this, the characters in THE CITY OF BRASS are some of the most complex and nuanced I've ever read. The book was constantly challenging my evaluations of specific characters, and keeping me guessing. If you are a fan of either adult or young adult fantasy (this one is adult, but I think has strong crossover appeal), I highly recommend THE CITY OF BRASS!!!
What a fantastic debut novel. I expect this will be on many awards lists next year. I will certainly nominate it.

Two things really leap out at me. First, the world-building is superb. The author is very good at showing, not telling, and there is a lot of mystery hinted as there is a great deal the characters themselves do not know about how the world works. It seems marids are as mysterious to djinn as djinn initially are to the reader. I am really looking forward to learning more in the next book. The Arabian Nights sort of setting is relatively uncommon in fantasy literature, and it's nice to see more writing in that area (a tip of the hat here to Saladin Ahmed's Throne of the Crescent Moon).

Second, the characters are fascinating and sympathetic. This is particularly noteworthy as many of the characters are at odds with one another, yet I sympathized with each of them, even when they were in direct conflict! These are complicated, deeply human (in the emotional sense - they are nominally a variety of fantasy races) characters with strengths and weaknesses. They make mistakes, and their current states reflect that, but in each case you can understand why they did what they did. There is one scene where two of the main characters are doing their level best to kill one another. I loved both characters, and couldn't really say that either was in the wrong. That's a difficult task for a novelist to pull off, and a great achievement for a debut novel.
For fans of mythology, fantasy, and historical fiction, this is a great read. It took me awhile to get into it fully because I'm not a big fan of action packed road trips (which made up a fair sized portion of the beginning of the book), but once the story got to where it was going and the two pov characters met, I became hooked. However, unlike in the summery gives for this novel, the Suleiman mentioned is not Sultan Suleiman I "the Magnificent" of the Ottoman Empire, but the prophet Suleiman, also known as Solomon. As disappointed as I was to figure this out, and no matter how little it related to "A Song of Ice and Fire"/"Game of Thrones," also unlike their description, it was a very enjoyable read and I found I couldn't put it down once I was about a third of the way through. Chakraborty makes the world she writes about come alive with a well fleshed out fictional history of the civilization and characters she created, and the political intrigues running through the book make each chapter ending a true cliffhanger.