The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
von S.A. Chakraborty
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal| Vulture | The Verge | SYFYWireStep into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty, an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts.Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trades she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, and a mysterious gift for healing—are all tricks, both the means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles and a reliable way to survive.But when Nahri accidentally summons Dara, an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior, to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to reconsider her beliefs. For Dara tells Nahri an extraordinary tale: across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire and rivers where the mythical marid sleep, past ruins of once-magnificent human metropolises and mountains where the circling birds of prey are more than what they seem, lies Daevabad, the legendary city of brass—a city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound.In Daevabad, within gilded brass walls laced with enchantments and behind the six gates of the six djinn tribes, old resentments run deep. And when Nahri decides to enter this world, her arrival threatens to ignite a war that has been simmering for centuries.Spurning Dara’s warning of the treachery surrounding her, she embarks on a hesitant friendship with Alizayd, an idealistic prince who dreams of revolutionizing his father’s corrupt regime. All too soon, Nahri learns that true power is fierce and brutal. That magic cannot shield her from the dangerous web of court politics. That even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences.After all, there is a reason they say to be careful what you wish for . . .
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The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
von S.A. Chakraborty
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal| Vulture | The Verge | SYFYWireStep into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty, an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts.Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trades she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, and a mysterious gift for healing—are all tricks, both the means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles and a reliable way to survive.But when Nahri accidentally summons Dara, an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior, to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to reconsider her beliefs. For Dara tells Nahri an extraordinary tale: across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire and rivers where the mythical marid sleep, past ruins of once-magnificent human metropolises and mountains where the circling birds of prey are more than what they seem, lies Daevabad, the legendary city of brass—a city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound.In Daevabad, within gilded brass walls laced with enchantments and behind the six gates of the six djinn tribes, old resentments run deep. And when Nahri decides to enter this world, her arrival threatens to ignite a war that has been simmering for centuries.Spurning Dara’s warning of the treachery surrounding her, she embarks on a hesitant friendship with Alizayd, an idealistic prince who dreams of revolutionizing his father’s corrupt regime. All too soon, Nahri learns that true power is fierce and brutal. That magic cannot shield her from the dangerous web of court politics. That even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences.After all, there is a reason they say to be careful what you wish for . . .
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Rezension von booq_cafeThis book has one of the best settings ever - the Early Middle East. Everything is magical, loud and full of different scents and people. The downside of this: the descriptions. At the beginning there are pages with descriptions, which in the one hand help to better imagine and understand this world, but also interrupt the storyline. This is my only criticism but it is a big one. It takes a lot of tension from the book and until 50% of the story it doesn’t happen a lot. Also because of the description-heavy writing style the conversations are few. I loved the characters but I could have gotten to know them and the relationships between them better with a little more TALKING. Dara ist definitely a hottie - also clever and snarky - which is why I loved him so much. He is surrounded by lots of secrets and by the end of this book you won’t even know half of them. Nahri is a strong character from the beginning. She gets a bit more naive in the middle of the book, but with everything going on around her this is understandable. I also would have loved to read more conversations between her and Dara (or Ali). Ali is a totally different character, but equally intriguing. I still can’t figure out what he is up to and whether to like him or be careful around him. The story is very confusing, which is why I would only recommend this book to advanced readers in english. I probably still didn’t get all of it, but because of it‘s complexity you never expect the twists and turns. I would recommend this book to advanced readers and will definitely read the sequel.
Rezension von Carina4.5 What an original and interesting tale!
Rezension von LizaRating: 3.75⭐️
Rezension von JuliaSehr vergnügliches Lesen. Alles da: zauberhaftes worldbuilding, mythologisches Magiesystem, Coming-of-Age Protagonist*in zum ins Herz schließen, ein sexy Antiheld und ein politische Message (wenn die auch ein bisschen schlammig-unklar bleibt). Und trotzallem Bauchschmerzen: ich fand den Roman nämlich ganz schön konservativ. Zum einen die Herrschaftskonzepte in High-Fantasy: machthungrige, intrigante Monarchen und jede Menge Bauernopfer - das mag im ersten Moment spannend sein, ist aber bald recht herkömmlich. Dazu fand ich einige der Dialoge über Völkerhass und wer eigentlich wen abgeschlachtet hat redundant und unangenehm. Zum anderen die Genderkonzepte: nur knapp schafft das Buch den Bechdel-Test. Zwar ist Nahri eine starke Protagonistin mit eigener Agenda - aber die anderen Frauen: die eine ist heilende Amme, die andere verwöhnte Prinzessin. Dazwischen noch Konkubinen und Tänzerinnen und wenig Platz für feministisches Erzählen. Dann alle Typen: wandelnde red-flags! Don‘t fall for these Dudes! Die Liebesgeschichte scheint sich dann auch hauptsächlich wegen verdammt gutem Aussehen zu ergeben. Ich probiere es noch mit dem zweiten Band als Sommerlektüre. Auch weil mir Jamshid ans Herz gewachsen ist.