"It's a glorious fantasy, set in that most imaginary of cities, New York. It's inclusive in all the best ways, and manages to contain both Borges and Lovecraft in its fabric, but the unique voice and viewpoint are Jemisin's alone."—
Neil Gaiman"The City We Became takes a broad-shouldered stand on the side of sanctuary, family and love. It's a joyful shout, a reclamation and a call to arms."—
The New York Times"Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold."—
Entertainment Weekly"A love letter, a celebration and an expression of hope and belief that a city and its people can and will stand up to darkness, will stand up to fear, and will, when called to, stand up for each other."
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NPR"The City We Became is a raucous delight, a joyride, a call-to-arms, a revolution with plenty of dancing. Eat your heart out, Lovecraft."—
Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January"Some of the most exciting and powerful fantasy writing of today... Jemisin's latest will attract ... even those who don't typically read genre fiction."—
Booklist (starred review)"The most important speculative writer of her generation...She's that good."—
John Scalzi"A love/hate song to and rallying cry for the author's home of New York... Fierce, poetic, uncompromising."—
Kirkus (starred review)"The City We Became is a wonderfully inventive love letter to New York City that spans the multiverse. A big middle finger to Lovercraft with a lot of heart, creativity, smarts and humor. A timely and audacious allegorical tale for our times. This book is all these things and more."—
Rebecca Roanhorse, author of Trail of Lightning"N. K. Jemisin has captured the living, breathing soul of New York City in a way that only a writer of her skill can.
The City We Became is a masterpiece that plays by no rules-beautiful, musical, joyfully weird, and as impossibly fantastical as it is deeply true."—
Peng Shepherd, author of The Book of M"Without a doubt, one of the most brilliant books I have ever had the honor of reading. An homage to New York City, packed with all its love and harshness, and so incredibly inventive that I felt my own imagination and the boundaries of what fantasy can be expand."—
S. A. Chakraborty, author of City of Brass"The greatest fantasy novelist currently writing turns her magnificent eye and ear and heart on New York City, and the result is every bit as full of love and rage and crazy compelling characters as my beloved city deserves."—
Sam J. Miller, Nebula-Award-Winning author of Blackfish City "One of the most celebrated new voices in epic fantasy."—
Salon.com
“I love N.K. Jemisin’s books, I love New York City, and I love this book about the soul and personification of New York. The City We Became might just be my favorite book to be published in 2020. This story is filled with tension, humor, and great characters, with a guest appearance near and dear to me. While this book is the beginning of a trilogy, it is completely satisfying as a stand-alone novel. Read it and be happy.”
