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The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

31 reviews

abbyschalupa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Murder, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, Pregnancy, Death, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

kjoli's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Child death, Child abuse, Murder, and Genocide

boglord's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Slavery, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, Blood, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Torture

iordanmoore's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual content, Racism, War, Violence, Slavery, Murder, Genocide, and Death

rubybastille's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

These were challenging reads, both thematically and structurally, but well worth it. I did not expect such a satisfying ending. My heart broke so many times reading this and yet there were so many grains of hope scattered just where they were needed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Genocide, Self harm, and Racism

Minor: War

troisha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Drug use, Excrement, Infertility, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

dayday_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

What a spectacular ending to this series! Stellar writing, incredible world building and the themes! Motherhood, love, loss, grief, regret, the journey from childhood to adulthood, found family, acceptance. I initially found myself not liking Nassun but by the end of this book I came to like her and understand her and (of course) remember that she IS a child. Her character arc was sad and yet I loved it despite that. She was everything that Essun wasn't and it wasn't until the final showdown that I could see that. Speaking of Essun ... still my favorite character. Even though I knew the direction her story was going, I was still hoping for a different outcome. She experienced so much growth throughout all of the stories and I loved how she finally, finally understood her daughter and how her actions set her on the path she ultimately walked. Essun's story was so fraught with pain and heartbreak that it was nice to see her redemption. The side characters weren't as prevelant in this story and that's okay because we got the back story and context re: the Shattering and the Stone Eaters and how the current world came to be. We also saw glimpses of how the dehumanization of the Orogenes began. I also found it interesting that we know Hoa is the narrator of this tale, at the end we find out why and I thought that was a nice touch. My only dislike is that after using the Obelisk Gate, the ability to use orogeny was taken away from Nassun and Essun. That in no way detracts from the story in my opinion, it was just a consequence that seemed unfair.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

blakethebookeater's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.5

The Stone Sky is the final book in the Broken Earth trilogy and I feel like it *mostly* sticks the landing.
I kid you not I have never read another series like this one and I don't think I will again. It's so unique and fresh and it boggles my mind that more people are not just constantly SCREAMING about how damn good this trilogy is. It deserves all the hype.
The characters in this entry are at their peak. The emotional, the turmoil, and the tension is all top notch and watching how their narratives unfold in this book is nothing short of masterful. The sheer imagination that Jemisin put into the worldbuilding of this series is astounding to me in the best way. It's so weird but I loved it.
The only area I have slight quibbles with are the flashback sections in this book. They felt a little *too* obtuse and is was very very hard for me to wrap my head around some of the imagery/events. It was good but I felt like it could have been condensed just slightly. 
The pace of this book was also very slow. Enjoyable slow, but if you're expecting an action-packed finale, this doesn't fit the usual cliches (and that's a good thing).
Everything Jemisin did in this book felt absolutely deliberate and calculated and by the end you realize she's been setting us up for that final twist since the opening pages of the first book. Insane how well-crafted this trilogy is. I really have nothing else to say other than that I need more people to read this series. You, yes you, if you haven't yet, go pick up these books. NOW!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, and Slavery

hanz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Ughhh so gooood! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence