Godkiller
- 304
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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About the book
THE INSTANT NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A wonderful, gritty, explosively violent, and beautifully realised debut' DAILY MAIL 'GODKILLER will have you in its grasp from the first pages' Samantha Shannon, bestselling author of PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE You are not welcome here, godkiller Kissen's family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enjoys it. That is until she finds a god she cannot kill: Skedi, a god of white lies, has somehow bound himself to a young noble, and they are both on the run from unknown assassins. Joined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest, they must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden, where the last of the wild gods reside, to each beg a favour. Pursued by demons, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war, they will all face a reckoning - something is rotting at the heart of their world, and only they can be the ones to stop it.
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7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 302 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 67% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.9 | 7 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 295 | 98% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“this was a fun read! engaging characters, incredible world I want to know more off and the gods– i was laughing on occasions. the characters all leapt off the page, and I love the disability rep in this. even the characters I didn't particularly like…”
“Slightly above 3 ⭐️ but not enough to be 3.5 The problem with high expectations is that it's not enough to simply enjoy something. You need to enjoy it as much as you anticipated. And let's face it, that's damn near impossible. This book was…”
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How long is Godkiller?
It has 304 pages — shorter than 94% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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