A review by sp1derfairy
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

5.0

this book was absolutely phenomenal!!!! it’s such a magical work. i love how revolution looks different for each character and i loved reading about the history, even when it was so heartbreaking. it’s an excellent conclusion to the series and while this trilogy wasn’t my favorite, i did love a lot of it.

when hoa talked about how people can forget about a person’s reasons for why they did something drastic and how history can reduce it to a mere sentence reminded me of things fall apart by chinua achebe and how the main character is reduced to a single sentence, his whole life, his flaws, his strengths, erased. his humanity, erased. this trilogy is so human and so emotionally vivid and strong. somewhere in the early 300s, hoa writes “if we help syl anagist further down [the path of exploitation], we will have said “what was done to us was right and natural and unavoidable” and GODD if that isn’t powerful. essun’s journey and her ability to hope and to love a possible future was so heartwarming to see, and Jemisin excels at making you feel for her characters and all of their flaws.