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Books by N.K. Jemisin
The Obelisk Gate
by N.K. Jemisin
· published 2016 · read 2018-10-28
★★★★★
The Obelisk Gate is the second part of N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy, and it's brilliant. It continues the heavy character building we got in the first volume. Some characters grow, some change a lot, some change just in our eyes by virtue of being seen through different eyes, for example, our protagonist, Essun, is very different when seen by her daughter. Seeing the kid grow into her own character arc was beautifully done.
The Fifth Season
by N.K. Jemisin
· published 2015 · read 2018-09-10
★★★★★
There was nothing about The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin that I didn't like. It's a bit short, but we have two more volumes to balance that.
The City Born Great
by N.K. Jemisin
· published 2016 · read 2018-12-01
★★★★☆
Short story on sentient cities. I liked it.
The Stone Sky
by N.K. Jemisin
· published 2017 · read 2019-02-13
★★★★☆
The Stone Sky is a great ending to a great trilogy. I dislike books where the ending is clear ahead of time, but the amounts of good storytelling and additional context we got made up for it. Nassun's development felt a bit heavy-handed at times, but she still makes a good character, and contrasts well with her mother Essun. I enjoyed getting the true backstory for the breaking of the earth!
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
by N.K. Jemisin
· published 2010 · read 2019-11-15
★★★☆☆
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K.Jemisin is solid Fantasy, with cool mythology, a decent protagonist and good other characters, and absolutely nothing wrong with it – it just didn't really come to life for me. Huge bonus points for a very cool ending, though! Not sure I'll continue the series, though, to be honest.