Reviews with content warning for Child death - Piąta Pora Roku

I’m so conflicted with how I feel about this book 🤣 I think I liked it but I wouldn’t rate it 5 stars because I found it to be so so slow until about 60% where it picked up for me. I was so so confused at the start but I still found myself wanting to read on?? The writing was dense and the POVs didn’t start to make sense until something was revealed later on, in which others may had already picked up on. The writer trusts the reader to make their deductions along with the characters but I think I’m not smart enough for this book so I was confused and wished the answer to some deductions were laid out clearly for me in some way - but this is personal preference and not a criticism of the book. Themes of race, morality, identity, indoctrination and the extent one achieves their goals, were explored.

Unique fantasy world and magic system with intriguing writing and structure. I’m just glad I’ve read it cause it was on my shelf for so long and everyone raves about it.

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adventurous dark sad 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

5.0

I was stopped by no fewer than 3 absolute strangers that told me that they loved The Fifth Season while reading it in public. Now that I’ve finished it, I, too, will join the ranks of the Jemisin apostles. It takes all of the best elements of the genre (cultural criticism, analytical foresight, philosophical questioning, etc.) and executes them flawlessly. I came to this book seeking an otherworldly escape and received that without being let off the hook content-wise on emotional depth and critical thinking.

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adventurous emotional 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

I will think about the ending of this book for a long time. My mind is still reeling a bit. Such a unique fantasy world… it’s so different than anything else I’ve read. I look forward to book 2.

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Here’s a friendly reminder: when looking at the warning tags, click see more. There are so many warnings about rape and forced institution that I’m honestly so upset it wasn’t mentioned in a major tag. Oh, and child molestation. This book is disturbing and disgusting, I don’t know how people have rated this so highly.

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