The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) in Around the Year in 52 Books

Apr 17, 2020 Maryam rated it it was amazing

Shelves: scififantasy2020, fantasy, favorites

So finally I've finished this awesome trilogy, one of the bests truly!! When first I started Fifth Season a couple of years ago I was skeptical about until the very end and since then I just followed the flow. And what a spectacular ending. I'm sure I'm going to re-read this third book again not far in the future. ...more

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Aug 04, 2019 Nadine in NY Jones rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dystopian-and-post-apocalyptic, fantasy-and-sci-fi

When I finally finished this I had to go snuggle my dog for a while. Then I had to snuggle my kids. Only one kid was happy about this, the dog and other kid were reluctant participants. I have to let this book set with me for a while yet before I can properly decide how I feel. It was all the things: powerful, wrenching, complex, impressive, relevant. But it fell a bit short of perfect.

Not once did I guess at a reveal before it was revealed. Each time I was surprised, and that’s pretty cool.

A l When I finally finished this I had to go snuggle my dog for a while. Then I had to snuggle my kids. Only one kid was happy about this, the dog and other kid were reluctant participants. I have to let this book set with me for a while yet before I can properly decide how I feel. It was all the things: powerful, wrenching, complex, impressive, relevant. But it fell a bit short of perfect.

Not once did I guess at a reveal before it was revealed. Each time I was surprised, and that’s pretty cool.

A lot of plot lines were tied up, a lot of back story was explained, origin stories were laid out, but one detail that I was hoping would be explained was not. Maybe I was supposed to figure it out on my own, but I’m still confused: (view spoiler) I was really hoping that would be explained with all of the other satisfying backstory, but it never was.

I was also really confused about WHY (view spoiler)

If anyone had any doubts that this story is about racism, those doubts will be erased with this volume. ...more

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Dec 10, 2022 Jaime rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobook, black-author, poc-author, fantasy-high, read-2022, 52-book-club-2022, popsugar-2022

In this final book of the Broken Earth trilogy, Essun has resumed her search for her daughter Nassun. And once she finds her, she can complete the mission that Alabaster's power will allow her to complete -- return the moon to its orbit and end the fifth seasons.

But Nassun has her own mission, and perhaps her own special power. And her mission is the exact opposite of Essun's.

As we follow their journeys, we also get the story of how the fifth seasons came to be, how it all began.

This is an incre ...more

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Feb 02, 2018 Kathleen (itpdx) rated it really liked it

Now that I know the structure of the world (I think) and know the characters, I will have to go back and read the series again!
An interesting ending.

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