The city of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

The city of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

The city of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

Hello Books Lovers,

after many changes of date for the release of this splendid book, here I am finally with the review. And to say that for me The City of Brass was one of the best readings of 2020. All thanks to Mondadori and Oscar who allowed us to read the title.

Did you follow the Blogtour right? I hope for you that you have not missed even one stage because if you intend to read the book, the stages of the blog tour will serve as a guideline when reading. With this I am not saying that the book is not self-explanatory, on the contrary I believe it is one of the clearest and most addictive books I have read in recent months.

I have to be honest I would have expected more action given how the book started and all the difficulties that Nahri and Dara had to overcome to get to Daevabad, but despite not having all that adventure afterwards it was nice to see Nahri grow up, find out more about her past, her family and the responsibilities that now as the last Nahid fall on her.

If you haven’t followed the steps, however, I’ll tell you a little about the characters and the plot. Nahri is an orphan girl living in Cairo. She earns her living in her little shop by cheating the rich and healing the needy. Being a healer is her gift along with other skills and her dream would be to go to Istanbul and study to become a doctor.

But one day, during a fake ritual, the unimaginable happens. She unwittingly awakened a demon and summoned a Djinn. And it is precisely in this moment, when she meets Dara that her life changes. For better or for worse is still to be decided. Thus began their journey to Daevabad. Apparently she’s a half-breed, at least that’s what Dara thinks given her abilities. The last of the Nahid. But in Daevabad, in front of the princes, the king and all the Djinns, she will understand that she is much more than a half-breed, and now she can no longer go back.

Nahri’s life has changed, and as comfortable as Dara may seem among his people, he no longer has anything like them.

From just before the middle to the end, as I said before, the action will slow down, but in reading I have never tired. I never had that urge to put the book down because nothing interesting was going on. We are always in the court of Daevabad and when it comes to the royal family there is always something interesting in between. And the chapters are divided between Nahri and Ali, the prince, so there is always something new to discover, something new to investigate.

But one thing I have to say. The author was very cruel to put a certain revelation at the end of the book which left me speechless. When Nahri arrived at court, I thought the King’s advisor had something to do with the death of Nahri’s mother, but in reality the matter is even more complicated and mysterious than that.

The city of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

The city of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

 

 

The city of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

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Mi chiamo Miriam e sono l'amministratore di Me and Books. Ho tante passioni, ma le più grandi sono la lettura e la scrittura, ed ho creato questo blog proprio per poter condividere le mie passioni. Penso che recensire un libro sia una cosa molto importante che richiede tempo e dedizione. A volte un lettore prima di scegliere un libro vuole sapere che quello che sta scegliendo è quello giusto, e le recensioni servono proprio per questo, per aiutare il lettore a scegliere. Ma questo è anche un modo per aiutare autore e case editrici a farsi conoscere. È anche per questo che pubblico gli articoli sia in italiano che in inglese, per non lasciare nessuno fuori. Vi chiedo di non esitare a pormi qualsiasi domanda sul mondo dell'editoria, spero solo di riuscire a fornire la risposta perfetta.