Reviews tagging Child death

The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin

326 reviews

isareadss's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

now this, this is sci-fi fantasy. yes yes yes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child death, Injury/injury detail, Violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Cannibalism

bookslumper's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Racism, Body horror, Police brutality, Confinement, Racial slurs, Torture, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, and Genocide

thebookishatelier's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Gore and Child death

Minor: Cannibalism, Trafficking, Rape, and Sexual assault

sarahbess's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

“Listen, listen, listen well. There was an age before the Seasons, when life and Earth, it’s father, thrived alike. (Life had a mother, too. Something terrible happened to Her.)”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

leanne_miron's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Gore, and Slavery

Minor: Pedophilia and Cannibalism

malorykiyomi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

A well developed fantasy setting with intriguing and unique magic systems in place, while maintaining the familiarity in a system that exploits the same people it oppresses. The different perspectives allow for a solid look at the world, though it often feels difficult to grasp, with magical vocabulary that's equally difficult to acclimate to without familiarizing yourself with the appendix first. I also have a personal struggle and bias against 2nd person perspectives, though the writing was superb regardless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Child death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Kidnapping

asof's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

 good to start the year with a 5 star!

n. k. jemisin is a genius, actually. the sheer amount of effort and craftsmanship is something to behold, but the emotionally gripping and meaningful story she was able to weave in this, oof.

even if it was challenging to understand everything in initially, sometimes all i wanted was to binge it but i'm kinda glad it took me some time to finish, as it allowed me to savour it more. and, well, i did plenty! i feel like i could go on about what happens in each chapter; there's no filler, no fluff, everything seems to have a purpose.
this book had my mind stirring and the brain juice flowing, i don't remember having so many theories on a single piece of media, i really really loved it. 

Spoiler

one of the theories i had when i was about a third or a quarter of the way into the book was that they were the same person and i was right about that! i'm proud of myself for getting the hint from the author!! one of the things i also love about this is that the twist, whether is shocking or not to some readers, makes the journey and also jemisin's writing abilities so much more admirable. These "3" characters were so distinguishable from one another and they're not even different people! masterful

brutal, blunt, and so dark, and i will need a short break with lighter reads, but STILL (lmao) so amazing.
already ordered the rest of the trilogy, because i need more of this world 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Torture, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Slavery, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Animal death, Body horror, Pedophilia, Classism, Cannibalism, Dysphoria, and Rape

andsoitgoes's review against another edition

5.0

Excellent, unique fantasy novel. Very fast paced. I appreciated the different writing style (2nd person, lots of slang). Check trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Classism, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Child death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Cannibalism

pollyflorence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse