The second book in N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy is not as tightly woven as the first. It kinda reminds me of the second Matrix movie in this respect -- a few really interesting new ideas are introduced, if not quite fully developed, but there's a whole lot more fighting. Maybe this specifically befits the setting of the deeping Season in this novel, or maybe this is just a general problem with the second books in trilogies; they are always the hardest to get right. It's still a very fast and entertaining read though, so I will certainly see whether the third book can surpass the execrable third Matrix. Rusting Earth, I hope so!
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