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There's really not much I can say here that @the_rags didn't already say better in her marvelous reveiw. A Master of Djinn is simply put a well executed novel with a beuatiful premise, and amazing charcters. Each character is so relistic and vibrant, the relationships between them endearing and beuatifully written. The plot is very tight, well-paced and engaging. The writing itself is striking and frequently humerous. Where it truly shines though, is it's setting. The city of Cario in this alternate history, fantasitical version of events is a thriving, vibrant, place packed with a rich culture, characters, and beuarcracy that was fascinating to explore. The setting itself seemed to be breathing and living. It was just fun to be apart of this world, and engaging with this story. It reminded my alot of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet (anouther fantasy/mystery with an amazing setting and characters,) and is just a really amazingly written book. I'm exicted for A Dead Djiin in Cario, and to read more of Clark's work.
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A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)
P. Djèlí Clark
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
P. Djèlí Clark
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The Devils
Joe Abercrombie
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The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow
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”Tarot cards for divination were likely a European invention with some Mamluk influences, not a practice of the pharaohs. But here she was in an Englishman’s suit.”
this is a little line but i want to touch on it because it’s a phenomenon across societies that i find so interesting—how cultures borrow and develop different practices which then get furthered borrow and adapted to other cultures. i think the city of Cairo itself in this novel is a perfect example of this concept, with the more ancient Egyptian religion/mythology blending with the modern Cairene culture. the city as a setting is so alive and i think it’s because Clark is meshing so many different cultures together and giving each their own space while also creating a cohesive city!
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But I know if I start one book in a series I need to complete them all. But I love that this quest exists!
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A Trade of Blood (Shadow of the Leviathan, #3)
Robert Jackson Bennett
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Octavia E. Butler
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This is one of those stories that has so much potential, but lands flat. It plateaus. I loved the characters and the world building of it all, I just wished I saw more exploration of what it means to be human as a vampire. I wanted more of Sabine.
Post from the A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1) forum
”The world sits at a precipice. Our ability to create has exceeded our ability to understand. We play with forces that could destroy us.” This is shockingly relevant, and really captures a lot of my opinion on AI-maybe a little more dramatically, but it also kind of describes human progress in general. I don’t know the specific context of what this is referring to, but this is applicable to so many things-gunpowder, nuclear and biological weaponry, the Industrial Revolution, social media to an extent, and artificial intelligence.
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
P. Djèlí Clark
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Tender Is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica