 Carpentier explores hybridization, nature, voodoo, ethnicity, history and destiny, confusion, violence, and sexuality in a style that blends history with fiction and uses repetition to emphasize the cyclical nature of events.The novel was largely well-received with much attention paid to Carpentier's inclusion of magic realism and "The Kingdom of This World" has been described as an important work in the development of this genre in Caribbean and Latin American literature.However, some technical aspects of his style have been ignored by the academic community, and the novel's narrative organization has been criticized.