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A review by sushizhan
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
4.0
I can understand why the first two books of this won awards. (It’s still too early to know for the 3rd book, but it could def win another Hugo).
It’s not just a great concept — it’s well-written, almost poetic when I read it. There’s a lot of quotable portions of it I almost regret not being into annotating my books.
Anyhow, I gave this 4 stars because this book clears up a lot of who’s talking and why it’s been in 2nd person POV all this time and my love for Essun, Nassun, Alabaster, Hoa, the Castrima folks have greatly increased after the things that happened in book 2 and 3. I rated book 2 quite well, but it was very.. meh of a second book. This third book though, this is much better and still challenges the reader to decipher for themselves certain things.
Storytelling, characters, world-building, the series really is best read all in one go, if you can. (Like with most book series,IMO). I def recommend reading, if you have the book. I also recommend the audiobook, the narrator is quite good!
It’s not just a great concept — it’s well-written, almost poetic when I read it. There’s a lot of quotable portions of it I almost regret not being into annotating my books.
Anyhow, I gave this 4 stars because this book clears up a lot of who’s talking and why it’s been in 2nd person POV all this time and my love for Essun, Nassun, Alabaster, Hoa, the Castrima folks have greatly increased after the things that happened in book 2 and 3. I rated book 2 quite well, but it was very.. meh of a second book. This third book though, this is much better and still challenges the reader to decipher for themselves certain things.
Storytelling, characters, world-building, the series really is best read all in one go, if you can. (Like with most book series,IMO). I def recommend reading, if you have the book. I also recommend the audiobook, the narrator is quite good!