Goblin finished reading The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (The Great Cities Duology, #1)
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember …
This book is so damn good. It’s a work of fantasy set in New York City. It features an enemy that’s Lovecraftian in multiple ways. Yes Lovecraftian in the sense that the enemy attacks with tentacles and madness-inducing otherworldliness. But also Lovecraftian because the enemy attacks with racism, patriarchy, colonialism, and other insidious traits we might associate with H. P. Lovecraft himself.
Related to Jemisin’s excellent short story “The City Born Great” published in the How Long Til Black Future Month? collection