A review by kbuckley22
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.

Maybe I’ll return to it eventually. Maybe not. There is fascinating world building but much of the content is heavy and disturbing. I have tried twice now to get through it, but it gives me such intense nightmares that I have got to step away from it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Physical abuse

The beginning of the book, in second person perspective, details loss of a child through abuse. There are ongoing themes of prejudice that lead to further abuse of other children in the book.