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by N.K. Jemisin
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warrior
warrior rated it 8 years ago
I really enjoyed the book, though I felt it dragged a bit at first. It definitely had lows afterwards as well, but overall it was full of interesting characters and fascinating worldbuilding, so I found it quite difficult to put this one down. The prose is also beautiful as always, and I loved the L...
Thoughts of a nerdy feminist
Thoughts of a nerdy feminist rated it 8 years ago
I loved the first line in here, "Let's start with the end of the world..." How many books do that? As first sentences go, it's definitely among my favorites. Unlike her other books, this really does not stand alone. That doesn't bother me, generally, but many people don't like that. The book does ...
Saturdays in Books
Saturdays in Books rated it 8 years ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! This is so good. I am both glad I already have the sequel and trying to not read it because the third one isn't out. This book starts with the ...
Oliviate
Oliviate rated it 8 years ago
Suffice to say this book was brutal and beautiful and has one of the best finishes I've ever seen in fiction. The last word is a total mic drop.
The Reading Jackalope
The Reading Jackalope rated it 9 years ago
The Fifth Season is the first book in a trilogy by N.K. Jemisin, it's so very good and so very hard to push through. The book starts with an incident that essentially sets the tone for the whole novel. I am definitely waiting, with impatience, for the next one though. The book follows three differen...
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 9 years ago
very interesting with unique ideas.
Dispatches from Terabithia
Dispatches from Terabithia rated it 9 years ago
This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze -- the world-spanning empire whose in...
Romance and other things
Romance and other things rated it 9 years ago
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS. FOR THE LAST TIME.A season of endings has begun. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and lon...
Summer Reading Project, BookLikes Satellite
N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season is the long-awaited new novel from one of my (and many fans) favorite voices in fantasy fiction. Jemisin has become known for creating amazing original worlds and filling them with fully-realized characters. She is also known for taking all the things that people comp...
Dispatches from Terabithia
Dispatches from Terabithia rated it 9 years ago
This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze -- the world-spanning empire whose in...
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