AJ Kerrigan reviewed The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (The Great Cities Duology, #1)
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember …
Review of 'The City We Became' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I expected to like this more. I liked parts of it, from the "love letter to New York" feel that reminded me of [a:Jacob Zimmerman|7120055|Jacob Zimmerman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442890564p2/7120055.jpg]'s [b:The New York Magician|18019533|The New York Magician|Jacob Zimmerman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1370283997l/18019533.SY75.jpg|25290776] to the "people as abstract concepts" theme reminiscent of [b:American Gods|30165203|American Gods (American Gods, #1)|Neil Gaiman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1462924585l/30165203.SY75.jpg|1970226]. Books I loved!
With that as background, and as someone who lives in New Jersey and occasionally pops into New York for work or fun, I should be a target audience. But the hook never really landed. Ah well.