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The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

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eggyleggy's review against another edition

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5.0

what if I started weeping violently

bethfern04's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

seashelfs's review against another edition

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All in all, an excellent conclusion of a series. The writing was really top notch which is expected for a series wherein each book won a Hugo Award each year it was published. Definitely interested in reading more of Jemisin's works.

antivancrowe's review against another edition

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

4.5

Character 5| Setting 5| Plot 4| Writing 5| Enjoyability 3

4.4

I'm not quite sure what it was about this book, I listened on it via audio, and it just didn't quite hit me as hard as the other two did. It some killer moments, the ending, Hoa being Hoa. I didn't love this book, but it may have been the story that needed to be here.

Essun wasn't a good mom to Nassun, which is why Nassun needed Schaffa. She needed him and was willing to destroy the world for him, and Essun did a just thing and It felt so refreshing. I felt refreshing to read a story about a mom who fucked up. It's refreshing to see a person who made many mistakes but in the end tried to do the right thing.

ashleibby613's review against another edition

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challenging 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

missyjohnson's review against another edition

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3.0

I am afraid that I waited too long from finishing the second book to reading the third. I forgot too many names and this made me a bit confused through about the first half of The Stone Sky. Because of this, I did not like this book so much. The focus is on Essie and Nessun almost exclusively. Schaffa is with Nessun and has a part but not much character stuff. Essie and Nessun have been separated for about two years. There is a good bit of "remembering" to fill background by Essie but the focus is to get to Corepoint. Essie's goal is to get the moon back into orbit with the earth and hopefully ends the seasons, Nessun's goal is to destroy the earth. The parallels to current events and commentary came through. How we treat each other and place groups of people into unnecessary categories seemed to be more obvious in this last book. A quote from the book worth remembering:

Page 210
But there are none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them-even if, in truth, their victims couldn’t care less about such pettiness and have moved on. Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky