The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) in The Toast

Apr 27, 2016 Amanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, poc-authors, fiction, kindle, library, read-harder-2016, black-authors

A little slow-starting for me (though maybe that was that I started it, and then had to return it to the library and wait for it to be available again). Once it picked up, though - the first Damaya chapter, for me - I was hooked. I can't wait for the next two to be available, and I definitely want to read more N.K. Jemisin! If you're reading the ebook, be aware there's a glossary in the back and it's definitely helpful, though I was able to figure out most things from context.

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Jun 09, 2018 Caitlin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: gender-and-sexuality, favorites, post-apocalyptic, fantasy, monstrosities, feminism, urban-fantasy

This book broke me, but in the incredible and profound sort of way that only an excellent writer writing the truth can.

An amazing fantasy examining the real world, and keeping people centred at the heart of it. Brutal and beautiful and uncompromising. I started crying by chapter 3 and I don't think I ever stopped.

Read this book. It's good. It's important. It'll be remembered in a century or more. It's astonishing. It's heartbreaking. It's hopeful, despite all that. It's honest.

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Sep 26, 2017 LdyGray rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy-and-sci-fi, kindle, book-club, afp-female-fantasy-sci-fi-recs, 2016, 2017

I enjoyed this book the first time through, and loved it even more the second. Reading again, just a year later, so I can finish up the series now that the final book of the trilogy is out!

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