City Of Stairs: The Divine Cities Book 1 - Softcover

City of Stairs is an outstanding example of fantasy literature (Speculating on SpecFic 2014-12-28)

City of Stairs is brilliant (Upcoming4me)

He's (Bennett) said that he hopes that his readers learn something definite about the world from his books; he's succeeded in his aim. Verdict: A murder mystery, spy thriller, fantasy adventure and philosophical treatise rolled into one. Highly recommended. 9/10 (SciFi Bulletin)

City of Stairs is a smooth novel of near perfection and the best Epic Fantasy novel I've read this year. I cannot recommend this novel highly enough (SFF World)

This book is the overwhelming fantasy favorite for 2014 and all others will have a hard time to eclipse it in my list (Fantasy Book Critic)

his (Robert Jackson Bennett's) clever selection of detail, the honesty and depth with which he describes his characters, and his ability to use so many disparate elements to transcend genre set him apart from the crowd. 9/10 (Fantasy Faction)

With nods to Neil Gaiman's slumbering deities, Ursula K. LeGuin's two-faced political schemers and China Miéville's labyrinthine worlds, City Of Stairs is a compulsively readable and thought-provoking tale that confirms the author as one of the genre's most exciting talents. 4/5 (SciFi Now)

Well-written throughout and deeply evocative, City of Stairs is an intriguing and clever fantasy adventure. Beginning as a murder mystery, it expands into a novel with as many layers as can be found within the towers and stairwells of Bukilov (For winter nights - A bookish blog)

City of Stairs is a remarkable book . . . Fantasy has painted itself into a corner with its retread of the same tired tropes on one hand and its retreat into nihilistic "grimdark" on the other. City of Stairs is the antidote to that conundrum: It is fantasy's way forward. City of Stairs is highly recommended and not to be missed (Books Brains and Beer)

I'm honestly not sure I have anything to criticise, or even nitpick over. From start to finish, this is tightly written, expertly plotted, marvellously paced and just plain fun to read. 5/5 (Over the Effing Rainbow)