A review by kimia_hyperfocuser
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Well, that was dark. 
However, N.K.Jemisin managed to tell a story revolving around her real-life values without going overboard, without being so obvious about it that the reader is pulled out of the fantasy world. Shit is subtle. 
How she managed to create something as creepy as the guardians, though, amazes me. They're not analogous to anything in the real world, as far as I can tell. Not the one-on-one relationship and the hands-off style of control, at least. 
Halfway through, my dumb ass was like
"Damaya sounds like she will grow up to have a similar personality to Syenite, I wonder what the narrative will do with two very similar women."
Haha.
And the polyamory representation... My heart! 
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