The Killing Moon
- 418
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Killing Moon” stands out for its world: a city modelled on ancient cultures where magic is gathered from dreams and used to heal. Readers praise that system as unlike anything else in fantasy, and Jemisin’s relationships are as carefully made, above all the bond between Ehiru and Nijiri: mentorship, kinship and love at once. Some readers find the first chapters overwhelming before the reading turns easy, and some think the plot fairly standard.
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About the book
The Killing Moon is a fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin, the first novel in the Dreamblood Duology. It was followed by The Shadowed Sun. Released on May 1, 2012 by Orbit Books, The Killing Moon centers on a series of murders and a potential magic war.
Reading order · The Dreamblood
Full order & progress →- The Killing MoonThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - The Shadowed SunThe Shadowed Sun–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 177 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 55% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 8 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 169 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Killing Moon?
It has 418 pages — shorter than 70% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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