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A review by colormist
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
5.0
So I read the last few words of the story, flipped the page, read the appendix, flipped the page, read the glossary of terms, flipped the page, read the acknowledgements, flipped the page, and then got to the Extras section, realized I had already read those pages years ago, and got sad because there was nothing left to read in this book that I hadn't read before.
But I'm lucky, because I've waited until the second book is out to read the first book and I have something to jump right into. I know I need to read book two before this world starts to fade. It will be too hard to read if I wait until the Season of Teeth loses significance for me.
And I am fearful, too. What if book 2 is not about Essun? What if it doesn't pick up where we left off?
Anyway, this book is awesome and it totally deserves every wonderful thing said about it.
When I started, I felt like I was a blind man presented with an elephant. What is this world? How is it similar to things I have experienced and read before? I would think I had it completely understood only to be presented with new evidence that had me reevaluate the world as I knew it.
Later it felt like a puzzle without a box. I had to piece it together to figure out what the big picture was. I knew parts, but not the whole. I feel like I might have most of the edge-pieces put together correctly, but now I'm working on the middle bits--which are much more difficult to put together. Who knows though, really. I might be thinking this is a 2-D puzzle only to find out in the next book that it's one of those 3-D castle puzzles that were popular in the 90's.
Definitely picking up book 2 this weekend!
But I'm lucky, because I've waited until the second book is out to read the first book and I have something to jump right into. I know I need to read book two before this world starts to fade. It will be too hard to read if I wait until the Season of Teeth loses significance for me.
And I am fearful, too. What if book 2 is not about Essun? What if it doesn't pick up where we left off?
Anyway, this book is awesome and it totally deserves every wonderful thing said about it.
When I started, I felt like I was a blind man presented with an elephant. What is this world? How is it similar to things I have experienced and read before? I would think I had it completely understood only to be presented with new evidence that had me reevaluate the world as I knew it.
Later it felt like a puzzle without a box. I had to piece it together to figure out what the big picture was. I knew parts, but not the whole. I feel like I might have most of the edge-pieces put together correctly, but now I'm working on the middle bits--which are much more difficult to put together. Who knows though, really. I might be thinking this is a 2-D puzzle only to find out in the next book that it's one of those 3-D castle puzzles that were popular in the 90's.
Definitely picking up book 2 this weekend!