Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

73 reviews

dkamada's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

agdkfjsjh I feel like I’m going insane. books are so much better when the plot is driven entirely by distinct character motivations!! especially when characters have conflicting motivations!!! I will eat that shit up every time!!! 
The depth and breadth of emotion in these books is so visceral. There is a lot to be said about grief in apocalypse stories and this book is a prime example of that. 
The structure of this book (switching consistently between three POVs- essun, nassun, hoa) felt like a return to the structure of the first book, and I think it solved the minor pacing issues that the second book had. 
The ending also really just reshaped the whole narrative for me. I can’t wait to reread with full context. (also 🥹🥹 need to go find some fanfic of alabaster and essun and their cute little found family. they just needed a little more time 😭😭) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Genocide

Minor: Cannibalism

amschelly153's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Gorgeous. Devastating. One of my new favorite series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kwthor's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Racism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Pregnancy

any_direction's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Cannibalism, and Murder

kalagrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A very satisfying ending to the trilogy. Sad but hopeful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Sobbed my way through the last chapter. 
This author is a genius. The world-building is wildly thorough. I know that I need to re-read this series so that I can understand it better because I do feel like some of it went over my head. She has such a powerful understanding of humanity and families that keeps wrecking my shit. 
This last book was honestly hard to want to read--because I just didn't like reading Nassun's POV (it's still excellent! I just wanted to spend time with Essun, but I know how important Nassun's POV was there)--but every time I picked it up, I didn't want to put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pregnancy

ktmanos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This series was so unique. Very grim but so rewarding to read. I loved the use of 1st- 2nd- and 3rd-person perspectives, the masterful blending of fantasy and science fiction, and the poignant commentary on power, control, and abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Grief, and War

jess_always_reading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved the ending of this trilogy! Jemisin ties together so much complexity incredibly well and with so much thought. I will forever come back to revisit these oh-so-human characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail