Michael 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 …
A comic book allegory, artfully done
3 stars
I think this is a brilliantly woven allegory to modern NYC: racism, gentrification, and over-retailing.
As well-crafted as it is, it felt like a comic book to me (graphic novel would be a better term, I suppose). Superheroes on a quest, moving through a carefully defined universe of rules that need to be laid out before every next step.
Well-made, but not my cup of tea in fiction.