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reviewed The Fifth Season by Jemisin N. K. (The Broken Earth, #1)

Jemisin N. K.: The Fifth Season (Paperback, 2015, Orbit) 4 stars

A SEASON OF ENDINGS HAS BEGUN.

IT STARTS WITH THE GREAT RED RIFT across the …

Review of 'The Fifth Season' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

You like your fiction post-apocalyptic? How about post-MULTIPLE-apocalypses? Jemisin crafts an emotionally intense read, and a thoroughly detailed and believable fantasy world filled with complicated and relatable characters. Reads a bit like a focused memoir, and a bit like an over-arching look at humanities' cruelty and resilience.

And, excitingly for Jemisin fans, it looks like this might be her first series that continues some of the same characters from one book to the next? Just a guess based on the ending: it will be fascinating to see what comes next!