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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)

N.K. Jemisin

Start date: May 2, 2019

Finish date: May 31, 2019

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Jul 16, 2020 Vickie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audible, booksthatmakemegowow, listened-to

This is an amazing book and I am glad that it's just the beginning of what I know will be an amazing series. It is fantasy at its finest and it is storytelling at its most amazing. The world-building is fantastic, the characters are superb.
Jemisin pulls you in a little at a time then springs something. I thought I had a story I'd figured out, but I realllly did not. And I LOVED IT!
This is the perfect story to listen to, not all of books are. It's perfect for narration, like someone sitting aro ...more

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Jan 22, 2016 Gremlin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sf, strong-female-characters, post-apocalyptic, book-group, think-galactic

This is an epic fantasy (not based in medieval Europe, thankfully) with a fully fleshed out world that readers should immerse themselves in. Do not (like me) cram this book into your skull over a two day period - you might miss out on the richness of the developing characters, the fine writing, and the sneaky hints hidden throughout.

There are so many wonderful things to say about Jemisin’s most recent work. Issues of oppression, ignorance, and power (in many forms) are under constant scrutiny an ...more

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Feb 27, 2019 Ketutar Jensen rated it it was amazing

I hate them so much right now. I hate them so much I'm ready to go and seek out their correspondence in this world and finish them off.

This is one of the best books I've ever read. it's so good I don't want to put it down, but so "mäktig" I have to. Mäktig is a Swedish word used to describe food that is very rich, and filling, but it also means powerful. This is what this book is.

To me it's new and original. I have never read anything like this.

I can't say, of course, I'm a white Finnish woman ...more

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Jul 05, 2021 Amanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: feminism, mental-health-awareness, 4-stars, fiction, poc-secondary-characters, sci-fi, pov-multiple, lgbt, recs-from-friends, book-club

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Where do I start with this book. I'm incredibly glad that it was a book club book, and finally pushed me over the ledge into reading a Jemisin book after so many years about hear how good, she and this series were. (I had, thus far, only read her short work in the 2019 Hugos, even though hilariously I own like 7 of her books in audio and kindle, which I've collected on sales, because I was pretty sure I would love her based on the reviews of those very ...more

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