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Disappointed and angry
** spoiler alert **Man, I think I'm still angry and disappointed by how this all turned out.First of all, why jump five years into the future, where nothing is okay? Second of all, if the author felt the need for three POVs - take a wild guess which those are - why couldn't she shorten it all? Because, let me tell you, for about 400 pages - FOUR HUNDRED PAGES - not much happens. It was like watching a soap opera, where the author felt the need to write down every tiny detail that happened. I hate that, I hate that it was so slow and I was just, whatever, moving along. That wasn't the case with CoB. I reread it before jumping into this one and I loved it even more, the second time around. But this one lacked the magic the first one had. Obviously, there were things and characters I loved, as well. It wasn't ALL bad.But the huge bone I have to pick with the author is how she demonized Dara. Okay, cat's out of the bag. He's brought back - again - and used as a pawn. I absolutely hated it and I just know nothing good will come of it and the poor bastard is just a victim. A slave to do the bidding of his masters and an Afshin to do the bidding of the Nahids. Okay, so he has his flaws, what with being a tiny bit racist.Of course that everything happened in the last two hundred pages and we're left hanging again. Can't say it was as bad as I was expecting, as bad a cliffhanger as others were making it out to be, but it did make me curious to read book three, even though I doubt it's going to redeem the trilogy for me. It just reminded me why I mostly like reading standalone novels.3 - 3.5 stars. Read it at your own risk.
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Sequel mumbo jumbo
I forced myself to plod through to the disappointing end.The "City of Brass" story was a lot bettere.g. I do not recollect coming across any any kingdoms of copper in this bookSome thoughts - own knowledge plus WIKIPEDIA and other open sources:-Qahtani - Arabs who originate from the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula, especially from YemenORis this a corruption of qatt hani, never merciful;ta qattani - a thug, vicious person:- of those who cut;Afrit (ifrit afreet) - fast desert (dust) devils - powerful demons or giants often synonymous with"marid" - archaic sick (adjective) - a person who who is sick - but also malevolent beings in Arabic mythology .i.e. ifrit and marid are indistinguishable in Arabic mythologyGhoul - ghul - a diabolic class of jinn with donkey's hooves, offspring of the prince of darkness, said to occupy burial grounds and deserted placesSahrahn Somali good spirits - but ships of the desert are CAMELS, single humped dromedaries which crossed the SAHARA (and Bactrian two-humped camels - see below "Tukharistan" )Daeva - Zoroastrian powerful demonsTukharistan means the land of Tukharas - Bactria (the two humped Bactrian camel)Agnivanshi.. those claiming descent from the Vedic fire godAfshin - a common Persian name - also "the princely title of the rulers of Osrushana or Ustrushana (Istarawshan)at the time of the Muslim conquest"Nahid - female name - Persian "Venus" (planet), Arabic 'young and beautiful'SHAFIT one of the 4 juridical Sunni schools - part of Sharia - Muslim lawgeziri - island dwellers - but Ǧazīrat al-ʿArab - the island of the Arabs is the Arabian peninsula, - al Jazeera is also a news sender in Qatar and Algiers - is Al-Jazāʾir "the islands".Cairo, el qahira[h] (the strong/powerful/vanquisher), Umm al dunja (mother of the world) , Masr (Egypt) -The city of brass... a story from the Scheherzade... a.k.a. the thousand and one nights.All by a NewYork woman whose surname means "ruler of the country/emperor" but does not seem to have intimate contact with Saracen or middle East Saudi Arabian/Algerian language... hotch potch mumbo jumbo for USA consumption
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Book Review
The City of Brass was my favourite book last year and I read it multiple times, so I had high expectations for this book, and let me tell you, it did not disappoint! I absolutely adored this book, it was as amazing as The City of Brass and now I will spend all year dying in anticipation for the final book in the trilogy.If you follow me on my social media then you know how much and how often I fangirl about the first book. I love everything about it, from the characters to the phenomenal world building to the insane plot twists! So I was really nervous about picking up The Kingdom of Copper as I didn’t want to be disappointed. But damn, this book is as amazing as the first and I know I’m going to be rereading both books again and again this year. I just can’t get enough!Shannon’s writing is amazing and will keep you hooked, wanting to read just one more chapter until you end up staying up all night reading. I literally had to force myself to stop reading and go to bed and even though I actually read the book in January I am still thinking about it a month later. It is intense and so much happens right from the beginning. There’s plenty of political intrigue which I love seeing as it really built up the tension. There are again lots of characters, including Ali’s mum, Hatset and Ali’s new friends. I loved them so much! I really enjoy seeing lots of different characters included in the story as you really get a feel of what it is like living in Daevabad from so many different perspectives. Every character is written so well, even characters we only see for a short period of time, they all have their own secrets, there’s double-crosses and ulterior motives and you can’t trust anyone!Of course, Ali is my favourite, he’s my cinnamon roll and I will protect him at all costs! He has to deal with his new abilities, thanks to the marid, and spending everyday looking over his shoulder because he was exiled and so as an ex-prince is constantly having to deal with assassins who would love to kill him for the Daevas. But because of his new abilities he has become a valuable member of the geziri tribe out in the desert because of his ability to find water so they protect him. I loved how passionate he is about trying to bring justice to the oppressed shafits but I wish he could learn to be more diplomatic. Shannon is out to destroy my heart with the amount of suffering she puts Alizayd through.“Alizayd al Qahtani didn’t make it a month with his caravan.”Let me tell you how much of a badass Nahri is, she has had to live in a very difficult situation, married to someone who she does not wish to be with and she can’t even leave the palace without being punished. Yet she still remains hopeful and does everything within her power to help her people and even try to change their minds about prejudices against the shafits. She decides to build a hospital and employ shafit healers with the help of Alizayd. And she has to battle the king to ensure this happens. She is smart and resourceful and resilient. And she doesn’t back down when the king tries to assert her power. Gahh! I love her so much!“I need to put some men in their place”Dara also had a few chapters from his point of view and well, I still don’t like him. Although it will be interesting to see what he does in the next book because of everything that happens at the end of this one. I am also looking forward to seeing more of Fatima, we did see more of her in this book and I really liked her in this. Much more than I did in The City of Brass.Okay so I could go on forever about how much I love this book and this trilogy, so I’m just going to say that you all need to go read this book! And when you’ve read it, I shall be ready and waiting to fangirl with you!
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