The City of Brass: A Novel

This was such a fun and amazing listen. The narration was perfection and the story is full of plot twists, adventure, and intrigue. So excited to listen to the second.

The rich world that the author created and the amount of time she took to build it and the stakes involved, pays off beautifully. I love all of the characters how complex each one is, the discussions about history and religion and the how the aftermath of war can still have an effect on societies, even after generations!!! Loved all of the characters and the discriptions of foodddd omg!

I loved this book, every bit piece of it. I really enjoyed Nahri, Dara, Alizayd specifically. I appreciate the many sensitive subjects that arose such as race, power struggles, and crimes of war. I additionally enjoyed reading the separate story lines like Nahri and Alizayd, and their coming together later on. The author did a great job as well in helping us understand the emotional turmoil and distress felt between Nahri, Dara, and Alizayd in different situation. There is so much that developed in the book that is still left to be known such as other creatures and races and Nahri’s own mother, can’t wait to eventually get to book 2.

Interesting, a look into another culture not based in Catholicism like I'm used too. A different but coherent culture and believable characters for the most part. The twists where well thought out and the thestory in a major way was captivating. But I've never been such a fan of such heavy religious elements in the story's I've read. I would reccomend. Its not a bad story.

The City of Brass was an astounding read despite having a slow beginning and middle. The storytelling and prose, there are no words, well there are many, many words I could use but let’s just go with breathtaking, for now. In this world there is a fascinating magic system and everyone has a little bit of magic in them. Some are more inclined than others but the use of magic is not a strange occurrence and that was so much fun! Also, I am a huge fan of any story that includes Djinn and the plot and subplots in this story was out of this world. Just lovely!There is a ton of political machinations going on in this story, so if political intrigue is your thing then wow, you need to get this book! There are plenty of rules and laws that are applied to the different classes/ethnicities in this story and everything is for a reason, for better or worse. I applaud the amount of effort that went into building this political system and its inner workings because it is spot on and extremely detailed. For those like myself who don’t love political intrigue so much, it was a wee bit…yeah…all that.The characters are all inspiring and fleshed out amazingly well. I felt like I knew the characters intimately. They were very real to me. I feel like Nahri and Prince Alizayd were introduced as very strong characters in the beginning. I also was wondering for the longest time what Prince Ali’s role was in this story because it took forever for them to come together. Anyway, great characters in the beginning, loved them but they seemed to make rash choices and I felt like they regressed as the story went on. By the end I felt that their choices were relatively predictable and they lost their shine for me somewhat.Now I know I just mentioned something about predictability but that is actually what saved this story for me, the ending was nothing like I predicted. I was actually shocked a few times with the twists and turns that took place and that made me extremely happy. I will say that the epilogue alone was the deciding factor for my choice to continue the series. The story was beautifully written but without that epilogue I would not have had anything to really come back for because I was not so in love with the remaining main characters enough to want to continue the journey with them. Overall, The City of Brass was a wondrous story that was a delight to read despite my fussiness and I highly recommend it for all readers.

I couldn’t bring myself to care enough to finish it. I reallllly thought I would love it and wanted to love it, but I didn’t like any of the characters, got lost in all the political alignments and subplots, and just ultimately didn’t care what happened.

I loved this audiobook. Fascinating, unusual (finally) story, great narration! Highly recommended!!

Fantastic. The author weaves an intriguing tale that thrills the imagination

It was slow to start but amazing and unexpected by the end. I love the lore and world building and how I could almost feel like I was transported to Daevabad! Can’t wait to read the next two installments!

Interesting and creative story but extremely slow plot building with a cheap, cliff hanger ending. I did not see it advertised as a trilogy, if I had I would not have finished it, I lost interest 3/4 the way through but decided to finish only because I thought the ending would wrap itself up. It doesn’t. At least the other two books have been released so you won’t have to wait for an ending.

it was just perfect, can't wait to get to the sequel

Enthralling, action-packed, and heart-wrenching. I couldn’t stop listening to it and I cried multiple times.

I love the narrator. I think she gives the book the push it needs.

I only got to chapter 5. The main female character is one of the most annoying and frustrating characters I have ever listened to. She made this book unbearable. I just can’t listen to anymore of it. I would not recommend this book at all.

This book has remained one of my favorite books I have read this year! I love the setting of the story, the political intrigue and the characters. I can’t wait to read more from S.A. Chakraborty.

Beautiful and unique story! Eastern mythology is really interesting! Loved it!

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Nice departure from the “typical” theme(s) and characters one would generally expect from this genre. Still, while the evocative mysteries and magic’s of djinn’s isn’t expressly new/or hasn’t been explored, I have to say that this was exceptionally well executed; thoroughly engaging with a very intriguing and unique storyline, lots of sub layers, fascinating world that left you feeling after waking from a dream . . Really enjoyed it - definitely left you begging for more.

Took awhile to get into this book, and I almost gave up. Then it took off and I was hooked.

A lot of names, a but hard to remember when you're listening to the audio version. But the story is amazing, a very good fantasy book!!

Can’t wait for the next part! What an amazing audiobook.

Everything about this book is amazing . Definitely would recommend to any fantasy lover

I was not expecting to get sucked into this world! The story is so entertaining yet raw and depicts real events in a battpe between the pureblood and mixed race. The world-building provides just the roght amount of intrigue and the characters have mysterious yet interesting backstories. The revelations had my jaw dropping and I cannot wait to read the sequel!

aunque al principio era algo difícil de seguir por los diferentes tipos de nombres.
al final ha sido muy entretenido

I was hooked and will probably listen to the second book when it comes out. The society and it's rules get a little complicated sometimes, especially for an audiobook (where you can't go back to look something up you read earlier). And the author makes some rookie errors sometimes, repeating phrases or using cliches. But generally a diverting tale.

An amazing tale. This is a pure roller coaster that is nothing like anything else. The world of the djinn is complex and nuanced. Wheels within wheels up to the last sentence. Already anticipating the next part of this brilliantly rendered story.

Honestly, I was doing good so far until the 4th chapter that’s more than an hour long…..like why?

None ofcthe characters made me want to know what happens to them.

The world building and characters in this novel are storytelling at its finest.

This book is the story of a thief and orphan girl named Nahri who discovers that she is part of a magical, fantastical world that she never knew existed. I have mixed feelings about this book. On the plus side, it was wonderful to read a fantasy book that wasn't based in "western" mythology. There are far too few fantasy books like that. The writing was good, and the world building was interesting. My biggest problem with this book is that it was at least 200 pages too long. There were parts of it that dragged painfully and that added nothing to the story. This would have been a fantastic 300 page book but 526 was just absolutely unnecessary. Still, it's not a BAD book, and it's almost worth reading just for a taste of another culture that is so hard to find in fantasy literature.