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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

N.K. Jemisin

Start date: November 1, 2015

Finish date: November 30, 2015

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Nov 13, 2016 DeAnna Knippling rated it it was amazing

Shelves: authors-of-color

Amazing. Some issues in the opening that I can't talk about without being spoilerrific, so I won't, but. Complex and majestic, dark and tragic. That which endures. ...more

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Jun 24, 2025 Vicky N. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, ps-reading-challenge-2025, favorites-of-2025, rfantasy-bingo-2025

My mouth is still hanging open from shock after reading this book. I loved this so much. Genuinely one of the best, if not the best fantasy book I have ever read.
A must-read for speculative fiction fans.

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Apr 09, 2016 Pearl rated it it was amazing

What a perfect book! I took my time getting through this but couldn't put it down the further i got and had to re-read the last two chapters so that i could try to rationalise what i had been reading from the beginning. N.K Jemisin has proper skills *bows*.
10/10 would recommend this! Now let me go look for any theories about that ending all over the internet. ...more

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Jun 25, 2018 Pam rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, lgbtq-characters

I started this book with really high expectations. After all, N.K. Jemisin garnered resounding praises from the scifi/fantasy community and won awards to equal those praises, not just for this one novel but also for her other works. Besides that "The Broken Earth" has been likened to "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" writ large; I've read "Omelas" recently and that claim is quite the burden/favor to put on someone's work.

I finished this book in a little over a day -- sleeping and having to go ...more

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May 21, 2020 Lauren rated it really liked it

I wasn't sure I would like this book, dystopian really isn't my thing usually.
Then this book came along and I realised that dystopian can be good when you really like the characters and its not too heavily focused on the end of the world - starvation etc (maybe The Road has got a lot to answer for in my opinions).
In this (view spoiler) ...more

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