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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)

N.K. Jemisin

Start date: December 1, 2018

Finish date: February 28, 2019

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Jun 23, 2019 Landice (Manic Femme) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-fantasy, genre-fantasy, adult-fantasy, genre-dark-fantasy, dangerous-gals, favorites, rep-lgbtqia, genre-scifi, 2019-reads, strong-female-protagonist

I wasn't sure whether I was going to like this book when I first started reading, but I'm really glad I pushed through that uncertainty, because The Fifth Season was mindblowingly good. It was obvious that the author put a lot of thought and effort into the worldbuilding and characterizations, and once I got the hang of the unfamiliar terminology, I found myself completely immersed.

On that note, one more thing I go into spoiler territory: Because I read an ebook version and didn't pay much atten ...more

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Nov 24, 2017 Dave rated it really liked it

Shelves: sci-fi, fantasy, awardly, series, alternate-future

“Fun” is not the right word for this book. Compelling is probably more appropriate. Refreshing in its cynicism. Somehow it manages to keep its momentum despite a fair amount of world-building. Some strong writing throughout, but also a fair amount of tiresome repetition (just too many identically structured scenes of a character’s pique/anger being extinguished by more exposition). I enjoyed it well enough, to the point that after finishing it I decided to find the sequel, but I’m going to need ...more

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Jul 01, 2022 Andrew rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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Everything i detest about the fantasy genre is here. Glacial plotting, boring characterisation, meandering, dreary, tedious plot, cliche ideas (a magic school where people must be taught how to manage their skills against a feudal authority blah blah fucking blah The Witcher Earthsea Harry Potter Wheel of Time blah blah blah), bloated story stretched out over multiple volumes because fantasy writers can't write for shit, excruciating usage of made up words that sound like someone with a bad case ...more

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