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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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Jan 01, 2016 Cora rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, african-american-author, kindle, series, 1st-in-series, favorites, second-person

This is a hard book to summarize without revealing spoilers. Generally speaking it is fantasy dystopia about a world where seismic disaster has caused the end of the world, but we soon find out that ends are also beginnings. We follow the story of three women that are part of a society where some have the power to control the planet's seismic energy. Those with this power are needed to keep the world safe, but also feared and heavily controlled. When one such person finds her toddler son dead by ...more

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Mar 28, 2021 Logan rated it really liked it

Shelves: own-bought-ebook, fantasy

This was close to 5 stars, but the story was a little tough to follow at times and I had a hard time connecting emotionally to the characters. The story is epic and some twists and turns reveal important points that definitely would make this one perfect for rereads so you can find new layers. It requires a lot of patience and trust in Jemisin and she definitely rewards this in spades.

My only major complaint is that this feels incomplete as a standalone novel. While our main characters go on qu ...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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May 31, 2016 Rachel N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, read-in-2016, play-book-tag, fantasy, orogene

This is the beginning of a fantasy series set in the Stillness, a world with a super continent that is frequently rocked with devastating eruptions that cause large population die offs. There is a race of humans, called orogenes, who can control and prevent earthquakes. They are feared yet needed by the main population. The book follows Essun, an adult who was an orogene in hiding now trying to find her kidnapped daughter, Seyenite, an orogene working for the Fulcrum and Damaya, an orogene in tr ...more

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