Synopsis:

 In this standalone short story by N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season, the winner of this year’s Hugo Award for Best Novel, New York City is about to go through a few changes.

Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife…and how well he can learn to sing the city’s mighty song.

The City Born Great is a Tor.com Original.

The City Born Great by N.K. Jemisin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I think this was a great start to N.K. Jemisin’s new series. My perspective from this short story is there is so much going on within a big city and to keep it thriving and moving you have to keep the city moving..always. So for New York, which is a big city things are always happening 24/7. It’s (I’m guessing these people called avatars /midwives jobs to maintain the city and look after it)

The author also like in today’s society  display that racism is still a factor so she made sure to showcase it in her story which I have no problem with.

I did like that the story did get fast paced towards the middle and towards the end and became very political based. So I’m hoping once I get to reading The City We Became I’ll understand the full story better. But so far I enjoyed NK’s writing and the fact that she went for something that not a lot of people wouldn’t normally write about. 4🌟