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The Kingdom of Copper: A Novel (The Daevabad Trilogy)
Shannon A. Chakraborty
2019 · Fantasy
How it reads
The Kingdom of Copper: A Novel (The Daevabad Trilogy) is fantasy (historical-inspired epic fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in an invented world, in the historical past, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are power and politics, identity and family. In weight it's heavy and literary — denser, more serious, and more demanding of you.
It's a later book in a series — you'll usually want to start earlier. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. It's a long book, and a real commitment. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something tense
- you want something to chew on
- you like disappearing into an invented world
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or heartwarming
- you hate waiting for a sequel
- you want something you can finish this weekend
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- fantasy
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- fictional world
- Setting: time
- historical
- Mood / feeling
- tense
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- heavy and literary
- Length
- long
- Narrative style
- third person, several viewpoints
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- well known
- Series vs standalone
- later in a series
- Themes
- power and politics, identity, family
- Ending style
- cliffhanger
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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The closest books in Match Book's catalogue across the same dimensions, and what they share.
A Feast for CrowsGeorge R.R. MartinShares: fantasy, tense mood, heavy and literary tone, moderate pace- Kingdom of CopperS. A. ChakrabortyShares: fantasy, tense mood, moderate pace, cliffhanger ending
Royal AssassinRobin HobbShares: fantasy, tense mood, heavy and literary tone, moderate pace- No Gods, No MonstersCadwell TurnbullShares: fantasy, tense mood, heavy and literary tone, moderate pace
The Blinding KnifeBrent WeeksShares: fantasy, tense mood, cliffhanger ending, set in an invented world
The Jasmine ThroneTasha SuriShares: fantasy, tense mood, moderate pace, set in an invented world
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