11.1k reviews for:

Steinerner Himmel

N.K. Jemisin

4.4 AVERAGE

allison_hogan's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

darthmalware's review against another edition

4.0

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Absolutely loved this series. I want to read it again already.

budlers's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

booktarot_reads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ajchristman's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

samjo's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

splashdownmc's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

tchortle's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

air_traffic_controller's review against another edition

3.0

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(This review is for the series as a whole)
Lays it on too thick with the horrible things. Orogeny - magic with rocks - is a fun idea, but introducing real magic made it less interesting. Interesting world. The author clearly knows more about empires than many fantasy authors. She's aware that empires are never totalizing - but still vastly overestimates how totalizing they can be. The characters were decent, but not great. The plot suffered from constant last-minute introductions of new concepts that didn't have much precedent in the book. I loved when the book the delved into details of the earth and used that as a basis for communication.
It was fun to read, which is a nothing.

bulbaesaur's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes