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A review by laura_sackton
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
I loved this book. This book blew me away. I am not sure I have ever seen a narrative structure quite like this. The use of second person is perhaps the most brilliant use of second person I have ever seen in fiction. The way this story was built simply shattered me. Rarely in fantasy (or any fiction) have I seen such masterful use of craft, such mastery of the architecture of building a story.
It was so beautiful and so engaging and so heartbreaking. This book got my tears and my heart and it was one of those brilliant fantasy novels that breaks open truths about our world, breaks them right open.
A year later, I still think about the remarkable way this book was built (not to mention all of the parallels Jemisin draws to the fucked-up-ness of our world) on an at-least weekly basis.
It was so beautiful and so engaging and so heartbreaking. This book got my tears and my heart and it was one of those brilliant fantasy novels that breaks open truths about our world, breaks them right open.
A year later, I still think about the remarkable way this book was built (not to mention all of the parallels Jemisin draws to the fucked-up-ness of our world) on an at-least weekly basis.