I respect what Jemisin is doing here. The concepts and ideas were clearly thought out and I actually loved the whole premise. I also think there are some fun and unique character voices. Clearly, a lot of thought went into this book. It is why I have gone through several cycles of putting it on hold, getting it, reading some... and generally trying my best to keep going. But...

I have only read 33% of this book in 4 months and I just don't see myself braving another cycle of the book having to be returned to my library and waiting on it to come back. I have had this book for the last 18 days and only read an additional 5% or so of this book. I think something about Jemisin's style of writing is just not right for me. Their prose feel to... blunt. Like they are trying to make it super alarmingly clear what the point of things is. Things just feel overly explained and discussed over and over and over. It makes reading the book feel like I'm being told what the book is and not like I'm reading the book and getting into any emersion. 

I was curious if maybe I could like Jemisin's other work and I in fact loved a short story/Novella they wrote for an Amazon Sci-Fi Novella collection. I didn't know they had written Emergency-Skin and it all makes sense. What worked for me in a short story is just clearly not working for me here. I am going to have to try other works by Jemisin in the future if I get a chance. But for now, this book is just not hitting for me.