I think you would like it a lot. My only caveats are a) it definitely requires some trigger warnings (e.g., the protagonists go through some serious despair-inducing circumstances, and there's some horrific violence inflicted on gods by mortals) and b) the first book has bits of "take down the man" perspective that may seem like something you've seen before-- but, um, then subsequent books have different perspectives, and, yeah. It is in the end a redemption story, and also a story about gods, and both of those are rather hard sells for me, but wow does Nora Jemisin pull this off.
That said, The Grace of Kings is still really good, and I think you'd enjoy it. But, like... to say it in a vague, non-spoiler-y way, it accomplishes the gradual shift from obvious right and wrong to murky shades of grey in a different way than Suikoden I does, and I wouldn't want you to be disappointed by it because you were specifically looking for something it doesn't do.
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Date: Thu, Aug. 27th, 2015 09:09 am (UTC)That said, The Grace of Kings is still really good, and I think you'd enjoy it. But, like... to say it in a vague, non-spoiler-y way, it accomplishes the gradual shift from obvious right and wrong to murky shades of grey in a different way than Suikoden I does, and I wouldn't want you to be disappointed by it because you were specifically looking for something it doesn't do.