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Pros & Cons
Pros
The depth and breadth of jemisin’s story is remarkable as is the layered and fractured world she creates. She weaves together a compelling narrative that reveals itself slowly, heightening your anticipation.
The writing, plotting, and characters are likely to make me read the previous volumes. The humor is not belly laugh type but is there and * is ever present and raw. The trilogy is beautiful and moving.
This groundbreaking novel takes readers on an extraordinary journey through a world plagued by cataclysmic events known as fifth seasons. It's easy to fall into the experience of the main character, essun, feeling her rage and sorrow at the injustice ... Read More
The book switches between three main povs. The final pov is that of syanite, a ringed orogene who has been sent on a mission with the only ten-tinged male. One thing that i absolutely love is the use of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person pov.
Cons
The fifth season begins with an incredibly dense prologue, in which the author switches frantically between points of view. The author takes a perverse pleasure in making the plot hard to understand.
Much of the story is about flat, unlikable characters, trudging across a world that i don't care about. Most of the'muggles' are just bigoted idiots constantly living in fear and loathing of those with special powers. The so-called special talents of ... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Very well crafted and surprising in its twists and turns
The character development was solid in this one as well
Alabaster is such a heat wrenching soul as is all three povs
Each and every one of them is carrying a piece of the puzzle that presents all of the missing pieces that were confusing at the start
Price
Tackles issues of the colonized mind discrimination and the price of freedom
Shipping
I received my copy yesterday and stayed up until 130am this morning finishing it
Packaging/appearance
It was a pleasant case of 34under promise and over deliver34
Competitiveness
Similar to those two authors though i would be very mindful of the trigger warnings
The povs were compelling some more than others but that kept me invested
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- This product had a total of 35,879 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 11 2024.
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A lot of new ideas but no pretense and a real care for the characters plot and reader
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When i began this book it was through utter confusion
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The story was so disjointed but i continued because there were so many things happening
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After awhile i began to become frustrated but as all things do this story started to come together and i became more accustomed to the syntax of the writing
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I cannot wait to get to the next book
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You won’t be able to put this down because it does not follow our human mental universes
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Most scifi doesn’t do geology
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But the structure of the story the characters and their lives set the reader up for surprises
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