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A review by my_corner_of_the_library
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I'm so sad that I don't love this book but...here we are...Like parents always say, "I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed."
Here's the thing: I get it. I really do. This was an amazing book. I loved the way it was written, with the way the POV's connect, I get where the avid love for this book comes from.
However.....there's two things that really knocked this book down for me. There are other parts of this book that really threw me off while reading, but once we got to the end I realized that many of these things really made sense and worked perfectly in the context of the book.
1. I'm sorry...but I was just bored.
I really felt like not much happened over the course of the book, and it wasn't really what was promised. I thought this was going to be a book about the Fifth Season and the end of the world...like the description said. But the apocalyptic part of this book played almost no part, even in the one POV that was set during that time.
2. This wasn't book 1, it was a prologue...
Here me out. This book/series is supposed to be about the end of the world, but by the end of the book we ended up right where we started: at the beginning of the end of the world. Which means that the entire first book was leading up to the end of the world, which makes the first book...a prologue, not book one.
I appreciate how unique and masterfully done this book was, but it wasn't advertised accurately at all and the ending was so unsatisfying that I'm not even sure I can really feel like this was a true 'book one.'
Here's the thing: I get it. I really do. This was an amazing book. I loved the way it was written, with the way the POV's connect, I get where the avid love for this book comes from.
However.....there's two things that really knocked this book down for me. There are other parts of this book that really threw me off while reading, but once we got to the end I realized that many of these things really made sense and worked perfectly in the context of the book.
1. I'm sorry...but I was just bored.
I really felt like not much happened over the course of the book, and it wasn't really what was promised. I thought this was going to be a book about the Fifth Season and the end of the world...like the description said. But the apocalyptic part of this book played almost no part, even in the one POV that was set during that time.
2. This wasn't book 1, it was a prologue...
Here me out. This book/series is supposed to be about the end of the world, but by the end of the book we ended up right where we started: at the beginning of the end of the world. Which means that the entire first book was leading up to the end of the world, which makes the first book...a prologue, not book one.
I appreciate how unique and masterfully done this book was, but it wasn't advertised accurately at all and the ending was so unsatisfying that I'm not even sure I can really feel like this was a true 'book one.'