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How do you survive when the earth itself fights you.

April 22, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

The Fifth Season is the first book in a trilogy by N.K. Jemisin, it’s so very good and so very hard to push through. The book starts with an incident that essentially sets the tone for the whole novel. I am definitely waiting, with impatience, for the next one though. The book follows three different story lines throughout this strange fantasy world called The Stillness. This world suffers from frequent seismic activity leading to what the people call Seasons, periods of time where there is acid rain, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: n.k. jemisin, the broken earth

melanir's CBR8 Review No:32 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: n.k. jemisin, the broken earth ·
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So good! Too bad the book ends in the middle of the action with zero resolution.

October 30, 2015 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

This book was actually pretty great, but I knocked off a star because it didn’t have a full plot. I really think that even books that are part of a series should have some form of resolution to them so what you just finished reading feels satisfying. The Fifth Season just felt like it stopped on a random chapter. Not cool. I would recommend people wait for the next book to come out before reading this one. The premise of The Fifth Season is great. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: fantasy, Fiction, n.k. jemisin, the broken earth, the fifth season

yesknopemaybe's CBR7 Review No:71 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: fantasy, Fiction, n.k. jemisin, the broken earth, the fifth season ·
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