loppear reviewed The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (The Great Cities Trilogy, Book 1)
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember …
Review of "The City We Became"
3 stars
I rarely think, "this would be better as a graphic novel", but strong vibes in the first third. It improved, unexpectedly, as it wove in heavy threads of current racial injustice and lovecraft-but-confronting-his-racism-head-on. Ultimately, a love story to NYC and tragic superheroes, which I'm just not enough in love with.