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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
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:
Complicated
Just when I was starting to think that I only liked fantasy with romance, I found great book without it, and discovered an amazing author to follow.
I usually don’t like post apocalyptic or dystopian worlds, but this book is set in such an imaginative world, with a magic system that has consequences and an amazingly diverse cast of characters. I couldn’t stop reading it.
N.K. Jemisin’s writing style, while confusing and chaotic at first, was such an interesting and creative way to tell a story. I slept on this book too long because I didn’t like the cover.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Mi è piaciuto, ma non mi ha entusiasmato.
Il worldbuilding è eccezionale, la scrittura fluida e la narrazione affascinante, ma forse è un tantino troppo una tragedia dopo l'altra tipo di libro per il mio gusto.
Quindi un caso di "Non sei tu, sono io" per il quale non ha 5 stelle per me.
Il worldbuilding è eccezionale, la scrittura fluida e la narrazione affascinante, ma forse è un tantino troppo una tragedia dopo l'altra tipo di libro per il mio gusto.
Quindi un caso di "Non sei tu, sono io" per il quale non ha 5 stelle per me.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
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:
No
THIS BOOK WAS SO GOOD. The pacing is slow at the beginning, and they definitely don’t hold your hand with the world building. I really liked that, but it did make it a little difficult to be invested in a story that I didn’t fully understand initially. But as the book goes on, everything begins to fall into place in such a satisfying way. It’s a payoff that is well worth the work at the beginning to figure out the world. I am so excited to read the next two books!
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
emotional
sad
tense
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Another book I feared I waited too long to read, but I honestly don’t think I would’ve been able to handle it years ago. This book absolutely deserves all of the hype it has gotten.
From the beginning, we are thrusted into a world ending bang ‼️. Set in a seismically unstable world called the Stillness, where apocalyptic events known as “Fifth Seasons” regularly wipe out civilizations. The story follows three women with powerful abilities called orogeny, which allow them to control the earth itself.
I guess, this is my first NKJ book🤔what a great start! The prose was sharp, emotional, and experimental in the best way possible. She weaves timelines and perspectives, including a bold and haunting second-person narrative—into a devastating and beautiful story of grief, survival, power, and systemic injustice. It’s as much about the earth breaking as it is about people being broken and trying to survive.
Though I was highly triggered and disturbed by some of the events, it was very hard to put it down. Please check the trigger warnings before starting this book! The worldbuilding was unmatched, the characters were unforgettable, and the plot is full of slow burn revelations that explode in the final chapters. This wasn’t just a book, it was an experience. If you’re looking for a brilliantly crafted fantasy that pushes the boundaries, pick this up!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death
Disappointing. Given the Hugo award, perhaps my expectations were too high, but even while reading I kept waiting for the book to redeem itself, and it never did.
The ideas around orogeny are the best part of the book, which is why it's such a shame it was always treated merely as magic and not really given a coherent framework (this is a fantasy novel, not science fiction, but maybe what I'm saying is it could've been a better novel if it was the latter). I can appreciate a mystery, but a story which only speaks in vague terms and never answers the questions it poses gets annoying quickly, even if it takes the form of a longer series.
Among other annoyances, the dialogues and the characters in general were quite poorly written, verging on breaking the suspension of disbelief with sentences that could more appropriately be found on a contemporary blog. This in turn made it hard to care about the main character's (or anyone's, really) plights and pains, of which there were many.
(And this one is really my own fault, but it's a very good reminder to never start a trilogy without first checking it is a trilogy again.)
The ideas around orogeny are the best part of the book, which is why it's such a shame it was always treated merely as magic and not really given a coherent framework (this is a fantasy novel, not science fiction, but maybe what I'm saying is it could've been a better novel if it was the latter). I can appreciate a mystery, but a story which only speaks in vague terms and never answers the questions it poses gets annoying quickly, even if it takes the form of a longer series.
Among other annoyances, the dialogues and the characters in general were quite poorly written, verging on breaking the suspension of disbelief with sentences that could more appropriately be found on a contemporary blog. This in turn made it hard to care about the main character's (or anyone's, really) plights and pains, of which there were many.
(And this one is really my own fault, but it's a very good reminder to never start a trilogy without first checking it is a trilogy again.)