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The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

32 reviews

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

megang519's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism

seemz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Pedophilia, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Transphobia, Vomit, and Alcohol

neni's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

 I had high expections for this book since everyone and their mothers seem to reccomend it highly. 

I must say, I knew it had dark themes, but I wasn’t prepared for just how dark and how pervasive the whole thing was. I think that’s what took down the enjoyment factor a bit for me, I get that life is hard in this universe, but I kinda hate when authors make us care for the main characters and then put them through nothing but pain and suffering for the whole book. I mean, can’t they be at least a little bit happy? lmao I totally recognize that’s a personal taste thing and not exactly a fault with the book. Maybe if I had read it at a different time in my life I would have felt another way, but I couldn’t help but get a little bit depressed everytime I read a new chapter. 

Other than that though, this book was pretty much impeccable. 

The writing style was beautiful and engaging, and somehow managed to create an incredibly emotional environment and deliver powerful feelings without being super flowery or descriptive, which I found impressive. It was to the point, but impactful? Quite unique from what I’ve been reading and a weirdly appropriate choice in a book thats about stone wielders. 

On that note, I think the greatest strength of the book is definitely the worldbuilding. The magic system (if it can even be described as magic, some cool natural phenomenon turned technology out of a sci-fi novel would be just as accurate to describe it) is superb in its complexity and originality. All of the rules and the way their powers work around them are fascinating to read about. 

The way the author organized the plot and the pacing was stellar as well. She did that super satisfying thing that authors do where the book starts with a bunch of different threads and timelines that seem disconnected but that get progressively closer to each other and it all comes to a head as this “everything is connected” climax. Pretty cool 

The character’s as well were nicely fleshed out. But again, thinking about them makes me sad lol 

Overall, a great read for fantasy and sci-fi fans alike. Was a tiny bit too sad and depressing for me to find extremely enjoyable, but still I don’t regret reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

vigil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

what was that???!!??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

boglord's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Classism

berrit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism

smiley_ari's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

elica's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury