mrgriffit 's review for:

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

5.0

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

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Truly a masterpiece of a book. We love a book that plays with format and time in such an interwoven way. Everything is this book so cleanly builds upon itself and the narrative parallels between the beginning and end of the book are just *chef’s kiss*. The world feels so full and terrible and interesting in these pages and I cannot wait to see where the story goes; for as excellent as this book is, it is very much a prologue for the true story to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Transphobia, Vomit