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The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

113 reviews

emilyplun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Classism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Torture, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Bullying, and Pedophilia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, and Stalking

I'm not being overly cautious with all the CW labels; there are a LOT of really heavy themes in this book

deinonychus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Torture, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Death

kaimetcalfe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Gore, Violence, Medical content, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Torture, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pregnancy

cadence99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Wow. What a fantastic book. The world building here is SO rich and well done. Both heartbreaking and intriguing, I can’t wait to continue the series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Grief, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

billigk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

one of the best series openers i’ve read in a very long time. the influences of morrison and butler are so evident and make this one especially gut wrenching for fans of those two.

nearly from the moment syenite mentions forced childbearing you know how the book will end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, and Physical abuse

codyboteler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! So much that I bought the second in the series before I finished this. It’s kind of weird but in a really satisfying way. This is my second Jemisin book and I intend to keep reading her work. 
Some parts are written in second person…which I don’t hate? But I am still coming to terms with. 
There was one twist that I found deeply satisfying, and then another that I found, eh, less satisfying. But it wasn’t something that made me stop reading, by any means. Really great intro to a trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

dustjacket_fullofmonsters's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Cannibalism

bookslumper's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Body horror, Police brutality, Confinement, Racial slurs, Torture, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, and Genocide

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Torture, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Slavery, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Animal death, Body horror, Pedophilia, Classism, Cannibalism, Dysphoria, and Rape

andsoitgoes's review against another edition

5.0

Excellent, unique fantasy novel. Very fast paced. I appreciated the different writing style (2nd person, lots of slang). Check trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Classism, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Child death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Cannibalism