With the exception of perhaps Sigrud, I couldnt care less about anyone in the book. The characters themselves are pretty well developed, but the problem is that they are all boring. There are page after page after page where nothing happens. You could literally remove entire chapters from this book without losing anything from the story. With all due respect to Robert Jackson Bennett, this book is one of the slowest pieces of fiction Ive ever read. After reading it, Im absolutely baffled at the support for this book. I read this book because it was very well reviewed (4.4 out of 5 at the time of this review) and because it was nominated for several awards. While conducting her investigation, Shara discovers that the dead gods might not be dead after all and that there are people working to restore power back to Bulikov. Shara Thivani is sent in to find the murderer and bring him to justice. At some point years later, an official historian is researching the old gods and all of their miracles. The people are not allowed to reference them in any way, talk about them, display anything about them, etc. One day a group of people from Saypur took over Bulikov by killing all of the gods and outlawed everything about them.
At some point in history, everything was ruled by a group of magical gods or deities. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic-esc city state called Bulikov. City of Stairs is an urban fantasy by Robert Jackson Bennett.
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