The Fifth Season

"A grim exploration of a civilization raised in a particularly brutal world."

"What a wonderfully intricate and imaginative story. Immersed in this from the beginning, even while learning a new world. As soon as I finished, immediately went out and bought the other two books in the series. Recommend!!"

"World-building extraordinaire, characters have powers and frailties I have never seen before"

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"3.5/5 Creative story telling. Part of the story is written in 2nd person which was beautifully done and refreshing. However, lots of unnecessary vulgarity. "

"I kept putting off more N.K. Jemison because I had a really hard time getting into the Thousand Kingdoms or whateverone (need to give it another try), but I absolutely devoured this book! I immediately went out to buy the rest of the series and I am looking forward to it! "

"One word to describe this book. Horrifically brilliant.<br/><br/>Well I sure took my time starting this book. I drug around till I almost forgot it existed. So I was very surprised when it was unlike anything I expected it to be. Just the plot alone was worth the read. A planet destroying it's own people and their religion wrapped around that fact. The world building was gorgeous. I was constantly zoning out, picturing the world without a break in reading, which is sign of a great author in my book. I will nitpick about one small thing though because I love maps but there weren't many known locations on this one.<br/><br/>The thing I can't get over was the continued realization. Jemisin kept me on my toes in every chapter. It reminded me a bit of The Name of the Wind, where you are given a ton of information with no context, then periodically are thrown a bone. I love this concept. Why? Because I hear this word or story multiple times, it has no meaning to me, then when it does *shocked face* it makes me want to flip back through the book because the impact is so unreal.<br/><br/>This world was so very unique that I had no idea where the plot was heading. The writing style was wonderful and organic. Also the exploration of these complex characters, well I don't want to give anything away but I was pleasantly surprised. The magic system was one of a kind. It felt very relatable and almost real as if such gifts were to be born among humanity. I'm ashamed I gave up so easily the first time. Best thing of all, I read this while watching the lunar eclipse Nov 2021. Gasp and jawdrops all around. <br/><br/>I noticed I didn't give much of the story away here. That is because sometimes a book needs to be experienced in person. I could go on all day what I loved about this book. But mostly I enjoyed things that were not given to me by the author. I had to search for it. Get my meaning?"

"world building, character building, plot! jemisin knocked it out of the part with this one for me again, i cannot wait to read the next two. seriously this book was unlike anything i have read before!"

"The multi layered narrative from the same but different perspectives was very interesting. However, the pace just really dragged for me. "

"This book is perfection! Feminism, tough topic discussions, fast pacing. 10/10- best in show."