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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
Oh Wow. Definitely 5 stars for me.
This one is a dark and gruesome post-apocalyptic fantasy read. Some parts really hard to read with gory details and topics that truly exist here in the real world that makes it more disturbing and add to those a female rage revenge subplot and how evil human can be, this book is just pure madness. The magic system is complex yet easy to follow. The characters is unique with amazing prowess and have been through a lot that I can't not root for them. The action, especially those last few chapters was superb, I hold my breath at the edge of my seat, praying they all will survive and dreading what will happen next. Lots mysteries to uncover. Love the twists and turns and surprises along the way. Not a big fan of the pace and there's a scene that kinda unnecessary in my opinion but other than that it's a five out of five stars read for me.
Overall it's a crazy adventure through and through. Totally highly recommended.
This one is a dark and gruesome post-apocalyptic fantasy read. Some parts really hard to read with gory details and topics that truly exist here in the real world that makes it more disturbing and add to those a female rage revenge subplot and how evil human can be, this book is just pure madness. The magic system is complex yet easy to follow. The characters is unique with amazing prowess and have been through a lot that I can't not root for them. The action, especially those last few chapters was superb, I hold my breath at the edge of my seat, praying they all will survive and dreading what will happen next. Lots mysteries to uncover. Love the twists and turns and surprises along the way. Not a big fan of the pace and there's a scene that kinda unnecessary in my opinion but other than that it's a five out of five stars read for me.
Overall it's a crazy adventure through and through. Totally highly recommended.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
challenging
dark
tense
slow-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
This story is definitely 5/5⭐️ potential. I love the plot and magic system. It follows a country were people are discriminated against for being born with power that connects them to the earth. These powerful people, who are NOT treated like humans btw, are known as 'orogenes' (proper) or 'roggas' (vulgar) and they are able to feel, see, start, or stop the earth (earthquakes). Our fmc is as complex as complex gets and we follow her journey from childhood to adulthood. Another notable and eccentric character is this overpowered orogene called alabaster, who is forces to mate with other women to have powerful children for the government (also know as the fulcrum).
As previously stated, it's such a good story and it develops so uniquely that the book definitely feels 5 ⭐️ potential. It tackles real life problems like racism and slavery and discrimination and sexism through this completely made up magic system and world building. The only reason this is not a 5/5⭐️ book for me its because of the confusion the readers go through from pages 0 to 100, and because of the ending. It left in a particularly confusing cliffhanger because it didnt feel like most things were explained. That might be the point so you can be motivated to read the second one, but as a person that prefers standalone titles, this just irritated me. However, this doesn't take away how good the plot was regardless of the slow paced, and how amazing the characters were or how badly they hit home to what goes in the real world.
As previously stated, it's such a good story and it develops so uniquely that the book definitely feels 5 ⭐️ potential. It tackles real life problems like racism and slavery and discrimination and sexism through this completely made up magic system and world building. The only reason this is not a 5/5⭐️ book for me its because of the confusion the readers go through from pages 0 to 100, and because of the ending. It left in a particularly confusing cliffhanger because it didnt feel like most things were explained. That might be the point so you can be motivated to read the second one, but as a person that prefers standalone titles, this just irritated me. However, this doesn't take away how good the plot was regardless of the slow paced, and how amazing the characters were or how badly they hit home to what goes in the real world.
adventurous
challenging
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
mysterious
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:
Complicated
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Between the steep learning curve and the multiple POVs that are very separated from each either, this took me a while to get into, and I'm a little frustrated by the end to not have more answers, BUT I do really enjoy the world and I'm curious enough that I'll definitely keep reading.
Also, if I rusting have to read the word rust one more rusting time, evil earth, rust it all to rust. You can have more than one fantasy swear word, and you don't have to use the same one every page.
Also, if I rusting have to read the word rust one more rusting time, evil earth, rust it all to rust. You can have more than one fantasy swear word, and you don't have to use the same one every page.
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Aquest llibre ha sigut un absolut viatge. Amb una segona persona i diferents històries que acaben entrellaçant-se a mi em tenia venuda, però ha acabat sent millor del que esperava.
La història gira entorn l'Essun, una dona que acaba de tornar de la feina per trobar-se el seu fill assassinat. L'assassí? El mateix pare de la criatura. El motiu? Ha descobert què és el seu fill i, això vol dir, que també ha descobert què és la seva filla, i per això se l'ha emportat.
Durant el viatge per venjar el seu fill, l'Essun es trobarà amb dues persones: l'Hoa, un nen estrany, i la Tonkee, una rodacomus.
La història comença amb la fi del món de l'Essun, però també amb la fi del món del continent conegut com la Quietud, que de quiet en té poc. Aquí, hi ha persones que poden manipular l'energia de la terra anomenades orògens o orogrates, despectivament. La gent les tem fins al punt que, si no arriben mai al Fulcre, on se les entrena per servir la gent, són assassinades per la comu on viuen sense cap mena de pietat perquè no són vistos com a persones.
Així doncs, amb el punt de vista de l'Essun, però també de dues altres noies orògens (la Damaya i la Sienita) veurem com aquest món injust tracta aquestes persones amb poders. Com hi ha guardians capaços d'anul·lar l'orogènesi i que s'encarreguen de castigar els orògens quan cal.
N.K. Jemisin narra de manera pausada i t'immergeix en el món de cop, sense avís ni explicacions. Et dona la informació quasi amb comptagotes i tu has d'assentir i pensar en les mil coses que segurament no creus importants i ho acabaran sent. Tot això ho fa amb lentitud, sí, però no acaba de fer-se pesat (o, a mi, no se me n'ha fet pas); acabes entrant en el món a poc a poc i, al final, no en surts.
Tinc moltes ganes de llegir la segona part i molta por per si no és igual de bona.
La història gira entorn l'Essun, una dona que acaba de tornar de la feina per trobar-se el seu fill assassinat. L'assassí? El mateix pare de la criatura. El motiu? Ha descobert què és el seu fill i, això vol dir, que també ha descobert què és la seva filla, i per això se l'ha emportat.
Durant el viatge per venjar el seu fill, l'Essun es trobarà amb dues persones: l'Hoa, un nen estrany, i la Tonkee, una rodacomus.
La història comença amb la fi del món de l'Essun, però també amb la fi del món del continent conegut com la Quietud, que de quiet en té poc. Aquí, hi ha persones que poden manipular l'energia de la terra anomenades orògens o orogrates, despectivament. La gent les tem fins al punt que, si no arriben mai al Fulcre, on se les entrena per servir la gent, són assassinades per la comu on viuen sense cap mena de pietat perquè no són vistos com a persones.
Així doncs, amb el punt de vista de l'Essun, però també de dues altres noies orògens (la Damaya i la Sienita) veurem com aquest món injust tracta aquestes persones amb poders. Com hi ha guardians capaços d'anul·lar l'orogènesi i que s'encarreguen de castigar els orògens quan cal.
N.K. Jemisin narra de manera pausada i t'immergeix en el món de cop, sense avís ni explicacions. Et dona la informació quasi amb comptagotes i tu has d'assentir i pensar en les mil coses que segurament no creus importants i ho acabaran sent. Tot això ho fa amb lentitud, sí, però no acaba de fer-se pesat (o, a mi, no se me n'ha fet pas); acabes entrant en el món a poc a poc i, al final, no en surts.
Tinc moltes ganes de llegir la segona part i molta por per si no és igual de bona.