The sequel to [b:The City We Became|42074525|The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)|N.K. Jemisin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1585327950l/42074525._SY75_.jpg|54760675] is fun and topical, and the ending is very satisfying, especially if you've been on tenterhooks since the end of book one. That said, I didn't like The World We Make quite as much. The plot was more jumbled, for one, and some key characters got barely any focus time. I wouldn't recommend the book for someone who hadn't read the first part - even having read it I had trouble remembering the backgrounds of all the avatars, and for better or for worse Jemisin doesn't spend a lot of time reminding us, except perhaps in the cases of Brooklyn and Padmini.

The introduction of real-world human politics felt a bit too on the nose for me. I don't disagree with the point Jemisin was trying to make with it but I thought it could've been a bit subtler and better woven in with the bigger plot about the other cities and the global danger they faced.