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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
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
A fine construction of a world where I can see myself without having to enduring the typical realities associated with "seeing myself" in literature with the direct correlation to culture cruelties that are present in the not so distant past and modern day.
I will have to do myself the service of re-listening now that I understand the story telling structure of the book and have a better grasp of the world, its politics, its citizens, cultural dynamics and also how the narrative plays a role in unraveling the circumstances of the world to the reader.
I will have to do myself the service of re-listening now that I understand the story telling structure of the book and have a better grasp of the world, its politics, its citizens, cultural dynamics and also how the narrative plays a role in unraveling the circumstances of the world to the reader.
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
fast-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
The Fifth Season was a joy to read, with genre-bending appeals to science fiction and fantasy. Jemisin’s powerful command of language and narrative gave me tremendous confidence as she led me through her strangely doomed world.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
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
An amazingly original fantasy novel with superb worldbuilding and a story that tackled many difficult themes. Sadly, the author's writing style did not quite support this goodness as well as it could.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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:
No
I found this novel to be very affecting. The writing is expertly done. I felt invested in all the POVs, and the success of 2nd person narration is particularly noteworthy. I didn't find the story hard to follow, nor did I experience many twists in reading it since it felt clear to me early on that the POVs were one character at different stages of her life, and that Alabaster brought on this fifth season. That said, the novel feels consequential even when you can't exactly explain where it's headed and why.
adventurous
hopeful
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:
Complicated
This book is deserving of all the high acclaim it has gotten. Excellent storytelling, plot twists, character development and world building. I was fully immersed from the first page. Easy 5/5 ⭐️