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bergha1998's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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? Yes
3.25
I found this book far less compelling than the previous ones I’ve read by the author. The idea felt very interesting, I just wasn’t sure about the pacing.
Fantasy, Religion
“Real love lasts years. It causes pain, and endures through it.”
“Suffering is part of life,” she said. “All the parts of life are jumbled up together; you can’t separate out just the one thing.”
“I want every moment of my life, pretty man, the painful and the sweet alike. Until the very end. If these are all the memories I get for eternity, I want to take as many of them with me as I can.”
“True peace required the presence of justice, not just the absence of conflict.”
Fantasy, Religion
“Real love lasts years. It causes pain, and endures through it.”
“Suffering is part of life,” she said. “All the parts of life are jumbled up together; you can’t separate out just the one thing.”
“I want every moment of my life, pretty man, the painful and the sweet alike. Until the very end. If these are all the memories I get for eternity, I want to take as many of them with me as I can.”
“True peace required the presence of justice, not just the absence of conflict.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
winters's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction and Drug use
Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent
hanz's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Violence, Blood, and Murder
clarabooksit's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Sexism, and Grief
stubbornjerk's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-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
This isn't the first time a fantasy story surprised me. Actually, this is the first time a high fantasy story surprised me.
It wasn't that it started out real slow. It probably didn't, given that I only read this one scene at a time, during my commute hour to and from school. I can still remember my anticipation at the climax of the story on my way home from my exams (because of course I wouldn't be cramming, I'd be reading, lol), and man.
So, this is about the impossible world of the countries of Kisua and Gujaareh, their impossible cultures and religions and beliefs. It's about political intrigue and the question of assassination as a kind of religious service. Mostly, it's about Gatherer Ehiru and his apprentice-Gatherer Nijiri, as they set across the borders from Gujaareh to Kisua, to see whether or not Gathering Kisua's ambassador, Sunandi, is right.
It's a story of questioning your base beliefs, testing the strength of these virtues against differing cultures. It's a story of having love and being devoted to that. It's a story of doing what can harm others less.
Needless to say, this story had its impact, despite it being in a genre I rarely ever reach for. Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of The Fifth Season after hearing stellar reviews about it!
It wasn't that it started out real slow. It probably didn't, given that I only read this one scene at a time, during my commute hour to and from school. I can still remember my anticipation at the climax of the story on my way home from my exams (because of course I wouldn't be cramming, I'd be reading, lol), and man.
So, this is about the impossible world of the countries of Kisua and Gujaareh, their impossible cultures and religions and beliefs. It's about political intrigue and the question of assassination as a kind of religious service. Mostly, it's about Gatherer Ehiru and his apprentice-Gatherer Nijiri, as they set across the borders from Gujaareh to Kisua, to see whether or not Gathering Kisua's ambassador, Sunandi, is right.
It's a story of questioning your base beliefs, testing the strength of these virtues against differing cultures. It's a story of having love and being devoted to that. It's a story of doing what can harm others less.
Needless to say, this story had its impact, despite it being in a genre I rarely ever reach for. Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of The Fifth Season after hearing stellar reviews about it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Blood
whatellisreadnext's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮?
𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘧, 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
Gatherers keep the peace in Gujaareh, harvesting the magic of dreams, helping to heal and to soothe. Ehiru, a gatherer, stumbles upon a wrongness bleeding into the city. Someone, or something, is murdering innocent dreamers.
This duology was released 3 years before The Broken Earth Trilogy (my favourite trilogy of all time), and I can't help but feel like Jemisin hadn't quite found her voice yet as an author. Feeling like only a shadow of her incredible writing in The Fifth Season.
One of the things I loved about Broken Earth, was how attached I was to the characters, that even in their dullest moments, I was happy just to be with them. Whereas, in The Killing Moon, I felt detached, I struggled remembering the names of certain characters, I mixed up Nijiri and Ehiru so many times. It just felt as if I was watching the story unfold, but I was never really a part of it.
Something I did love in The Killing moon, was the magic system. Gatherers harvest dreams, they ease people into pain-free death, they feast on these dreams and become soley dependent on them. This was fascinating to me and is probably the main reason I will be picking up the next installment.
I think if I had gone into this book, not knowing who N.K. Jemisin was, I probably would have enjoyed it so much more. Don't let my review put you off, but if you haven't experienced her writing yet, definitely start with The Fifth Season 😁
𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘧, 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
Gatherers keep the peace in Gujaareh, harvesting the magic of dreams, helping to heal and to soothe. Ehiru, a gatherer, stumbles upon a wrongness bleeding into the city. Someone, or something, is murdering innocent dreamers.
This duology was released 3 years before The Broken Earth Trilogy (my favourite trilogy of all time), and I can't help but feel like Jemisin hadn't quite found her voice yet as an author. Feeling like only a shadow of her incredible writing in The Fifth Season.
One of the things I loved about Broken Earth, was how attached I was to the characters, that even in their dullest moments, I was happy just to be with them. Whereas, in The Killing Moon, I felt detached, I struggled remembering the names of certain characters, I mixed up Nijiri and Ehiru so many times. It just felt as if I was watching the story unfold, but I was never really a part of it.
Something I did love in The Killing moon, was the magic system. Gatherers harvest dreams, they ease people into pain-free death, they feast on these dreams and become soley dependent on them. This was fascinating to me and is probably the main reason I will be picking up the next installment.
I think if I had gone into this book, not knowing who N.K. Jemisin was, I probably would have enjoyed it so much more. Don't let my review put you off, but if you haven't experienced her writing yet, definitely start with The Fifth Season 😁
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Grief