This was my first Jemisin book, and I was extremely excited to start it. I'd heard great things from big authors and her fans, so I was ready to have my mind blown. 
 Then it was announced that Jemisin was going to do a Mass Effect book to go along with the new Mass Effect game coming out this year. An amazing talent writing in a scifi game world excites me! 
 Now, I was already braced for a different style of fantasy, because whenever Jemisin is mentioned, a lot of words get thrown around. I mean, seriously, try and read anything about her that doesn't include these buzzwords: Female, Black, Diverse, Literary Fantasy. So I was ready for all of that, and sure enough, this book involved all of those things. 
 Unfortunately, I didn't like the book. Not because it included any of those things, but I just wasn't particularly engrossed. I listened to it in audiobook form, and even though the narrator did a good job, I found myself stopping the book in places, and just listening to silence instead. That's how little I enjoyed this. 
 Twists happened, I didn't care. 
 However, it was fun to read the 2nd person viewpoint chapters, as those so rarely crop up these days. 
 This is a real shame for me for many reasons, but yeah. I'm not going to pretend to like something for a bunch of reasons if the end result is me not enjoying the book. Do what you want in a book, take risks, but this book committed the cardinal sin of boring me. 
 PS. I'm still totally going to the read the Mass Effect book she writes!