The Stone Sky
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4.5
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N. K. Jemisin
Humanity will finally be saved or destroyed in the shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed NYT bestselling trilogy that won the Hugo Award three years in a row.The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women.Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every orogene child can grow up safe. For Nassun, her mother's mastery of the Obelisk Gate comes too late. She has seen the evil of the world, and accepted what her mother will not admit: that sometimes what is corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed.
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Author
N. K. Jemisin
Pages
464
Publisher
Orbit
Published Date
2017-08-15
ISBN
0316229253 9780316229258
Ratings
Google: 4
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"When your otherness is powerful, feared and possibly useful in saving the world, all kinds of epic adventures ensue. Essun is a good and imperfect person, and a great part of the story, the whole trilogy really, is how she attracts unlikely allies, unwittingly building strong relationships. Loved this series!"
"Like a lot of other fans I thought that The Fifth Season was the best. Still collectively this is a great series. But buy the midway point I lost a lot of momentum trying to finish it. Again Jemisin surprised me with her writing style. It's unlike anything I've read. Definitely want to look into more of her work. The way she put her own hurts and love into the story made it organic and relatable.<br/><br/>Motherhood was portrayed with that bitter sting of rejection and sacrifice. Also I shouldn't have to mentioned that the character was middle age and it was very refreshing. But this day and age there seems to be a post apocalyptic disease in fictional Characters where only 16 to 28's survived.<br/><br/>The complexity of the characters was also impressive. I would have never guessed where their arc was headed. Hoa was by far my favorite. Though I, for some reason, didn't care for his background story. Honestly felt like it was dragging down the book being thrown in at the last minute. Maybe if it was spread out in the middle book as well it wouldn't have been so burdensome.<br/><br/>Still present Hoa was intriguing. At first I thought his character was slacking, only to later find out all that he had been up to. And oh the ending. The build up was suspenseful but the ending didn't seem solid to me. Not earned as a friend had put it. Still with all my complaining I gave this whole series high stars. There just isn't anything else like them."
"10/21"
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JeLlana C
"3rd and final book in the Broken Earth series! Great Series!!"
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Silke Overfield
"This is the second book in the series, and yet still the main characters' perceptions of their world are consistently challenged. They are pushed to survive a ruthless environment while also trying to not entirely lose themselves in the process. Each protagonist finds new power within them that has been suppressed by centuries of systemic oppression, and so a lot of the change in them comes from learning to control that power. "
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