Mandy asked this question about The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2):
Does it not bother anyone else that Nassun went and commit a genocide on the Antarctic Fulcrum? Her reason for doing it is still unclear to me. She went from accidentally killing someone and feeling mortified about it to casually murdering a whole community who was not hurting anyone without an ounce of remorse? I'm on the Stone Sky now and I JUST CAN'T GET OVER THIS.
Juju I JUST read this scene and had to put down the book bc I was like “how tf does this make any sense?”

Also why were the Guardians there to kill the Fulc…more
I JUST read this scene and had to put down the book bc I was like “how tf does this make any sense?”

Also why were the Guardians there to kill the Fulcrum anyway? Aren’t they doing the SAME THING on found moon by continuing to train orogenes? Like, hypocritical much?

Feeling kind of thrown off by these characters motivations — hopefully this group continues to provide clarity...(less)
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by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)
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