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A review by whatmeganreads
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
5.0
FANTASTIC. Apparently, I've been thinking about the fantasy genre all wrong. I have never called myself a fantasy reader. That name called up visions of made-up languages, unfamiliar worlds, angry elves and avenging ogres. It felt....unaccessible. Too far out of my comfort zone. I've come to realize that was a pretty silly assumption on my part.
When I really think about it, so many books I have loved - not just liked, but LOVED - Harry Potter, The Night Circus, A Discovery of Witches, Outlander, A Darker Shade of Magic have made up languages (As travars! Leviosa!) and unfamiliar worlds galore. It seems I may be a fantasy reader after all....and maybe you are too! Don't be like me and let that genre name turn you off about The Broken Earth trilogy or you will be missing out.
I LOVED The Fifth Season. Some of the terminology grated on my nerves - the use of 'rusting/rusty' as a slang word similar to the British use of 'bloody' - but I got so lost in the story and the characters it didn't matter.
(Slight trigger warning -- y'all know I'm a granny and don't do graphic sex - I will warn that there is one slightly more than steamy scene (in my own opinion - it won't be anything out of the way to a romance fan), but only the one.
I flew through this first book, and then promptly did the same with the second, The Obelisk Gate - I'm already halfway through the third. The historical significance (the only author to EVER win three consecutive Hugo Awards in three consecutive years, for each of the three novels in this trilogy) is well deserved. Highly recommended!
When I really think about it, so many books I have loved - not just liked, but LOVED - Harry Potter, The Night Circus, A Discovery of Witches, Outlander, A Darker Shade of Magic have made up languages (As travars! Leviosa!) and unfamiliar worlds galore. It seems I may be a fantasy reader after all....and maybe you are too! Don't be like me and let that genre name turn you off about The Broken Earth trilogy or you will be missing out.
I LOVED The Fifth Season. Some of the terminology grated on my nerves - the use of 'rusting/rusty' as a slang word similar to the British use of 'bloody' - but I got so lost in the story and the characters it didn't matter.
(Slight trigger warning -- y'all know I'm a granny and don't do graphic sex - I will warn that there is one slightly more than steamy scene (in my own opinion - it won't be anything out of the way to a romance fan), but only the one.
I flew through this first book, and then promptly did the same with the second, The Obelisk Gate - I'm already halfway through the third. The historical significance (the only author to EVER win three consecutive Hugo Awards in three consecutive years, for each of the three novels in this trilogy) is well deserved. Highly recommended!