# The hundred thousand kingdoms

**Author(s):** N. K. Jemisin
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (1 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms/verdict.json
**Genres:** fantasy, literary-fiction
**Pages:** 432
**Publisher:** Orbit
**Published:** Fri Jan 01 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780316043915
**ISBN-10:** 0316043915
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms

## SageChimp reader verdict

The hundred thousand kingdoms has only 1 unpaid published review on SageChimp (need 5). That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

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- **Unpaid reviews:** 1 (avg 3.0/5)
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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## Community Reviews (showing 1 of 1)

### ★★★ (Untitled) — kristin
High fantasy dealing with gods is always tricky, but NK Jemisin makes it work. Sort of. Her writing is beautiful without being overly flowery and her world-building is solid without dwelling on silly details. Unlike the majority of fantasy heroes/heroines, Yeine's quest is mostly for information, rather than any physical journey. Why did her grandfather, who so disdains her, call her to Sky to compete to be his successor? Why do the imprisoned descendants of the gods have such an interest in her