"[Audiobook narrator Robin] Miles gives a masterful performance...she smoothly portrays the distinctive variations in the boroughs’ dialects and accents, making each vibrant and distinctive. Smart use of technical effects renders the invading city of R’lyeh alien and unnatural; Miles’s voicework makes it even more chilling. Long after the final battle for eight million souls has been fought, Miles’s dynamic and powerful performance will linger in listeners’ minds."
—AudioFile
"It's a glorious fantasy, set in that most imaginary of cities, New York. It's inclusive in all the best ways, and manages to contain both Borges and Lovecraft in its fabric, but the unique voice and viewpoint are Jemisin's alone."
—Neil Gaiman on The City We Became
"The City We Became takes a broad-shouldered stand on the side of sanctuary, family and love. It's a joyful shout, a reclamation and a call to arms."
—The New York Times
"The City We Became is a masterpiece of eldritch urban fantasy."
—Buzzfeed News
"Jemisin's fantastical stories are anchored in complex societal systems and fully-imagined new worlds-all with fault lines lying in wait-that aim to help us better understand our own."
—TIME on The City We Became
"Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold."
—Entertainment Weekly on The City We Became
"A love letter, a celebration and an expression of hope and belief that a city and its people can and will stand up to darkness, will stand up to fear, and will, when called to, stand up for each other."
—NPR on The City We Became
"Thrillingly expansive without ever becoming abstract or high-flown."
—The Los Angeles Times on The City We Became
"Three consecutive Hugo Awards and a cover blurb from Neil Gaiman -yes, it's time for you to pick up a novel by Jemisin, whose speculative fiction has a degree of inclusivity rare in the science-fiction world."
—The Washington Post on The City We Became
"As always, Jemisin's writing is visionary and immersive...[Jemisin is] a science-fiction/fantasy GOAT."
—GQ on The City We Became
"The City We Became is a raucous delight, a joyride, a call-to-arms, a revolution with plenty of dancing. Eat your heart out, Lovecraft."
—Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January on The City We Became
"Some of the most exciting and powerful fantasy writing of today... Jemisin's latest will attract ... even those who don't typically read genre fiction."
—Booklist (starred review) on The City We Became
"The most important speculative writer of her generation...She's that good."
—John Scalzi
"As raw and vibrant as the city itself."
—Library Journal on The City We Became
"A love/hate song to and rallying cry for the author's home of New York... Fierce, poetic, uncompromising."
—Kirkus (starred review) on The City We Became
"A fierce, opinionated vision of a storied metropolis facing down existential threats."
—Shelf Awareness on The City We Became
"This contemporary fantasy of living cities in a multiversal struggle demonstrates [Jemisin's] accomplished storytelling and characterization. Highly recommended for anyone interested in some of the most exciting and powerful fantasy writing of today... Jemisin's latest will attract both media attentions and curious readers, even those who don't typically read genre fiction."
—Literary Hub on The City We Became
"One of the most celebrated new voices in epic fantasy."
—Salon.com
