The Fifth Season is a 2015 science fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin. It was awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2016. It is the first volume in the Broken Earth series and is followed by The Obelisk Gate and The Stone Sky.
473 pages
French language
Published Nov. 16, 2017
Not my favorite book but well crafted and continuing on with the series. A big part is I didn't really love the viewpoint characters, the side characters tend to be more interesting to me.
Took me a bit to get into it, and the changing of character names over time confused me a bit, but once I got past those two issues, it was a really fun read. Looking forward to the next two books to see what happens on Earth in a possible distant future where earth magic is common and nothing is stable.
I thought it was good, until roughly the middle, when I realized what was going on, and then I thought it was great.
- unique and interesting world building
- great characters and great representation.
- can't get over the ending. completely hooked now. gonna have to tear through the remaining books in the series.
basically putting all Jemisin books on hold at the library right now.
