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A review by carstairswhore
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
5.0
“Well, some worlds are built on a fault line of pain, held up by nightmares. Don’t lament when those worlds fall. Rage that they were built doomed in the first place.”
WOW. WOW WOW WOW WOW. What an end to such a fantastic series. I think the first one is still my favorite, but really I am blown away by this finale. This series should be required reading for sci-fi / fantasy fans—its so unlike anything I’ve ever read before and I am so so excited to dig into Jemisin’s backlist now.
But, about this specific book. I really liked how Jemisin started to explore the themes of oppression a little more overtly in this one—the themes and foundations were there in the previous two, but as everything comes to a head Jemisin really hammers this point in and I thought it was fantastic. She does such a deft job of creating a world that is so completely unlike our own—and yet we can see reflections of ourselves in it; of how we treat the earth, of how we treat each other. It is so GOOD!
Also, this is a personal thing. But I was upset that we didn't get more Alabaster content. I know that he got turned into a stone eater but I fucking love him and I wanted to see him and Essun reunite in their stone-eater existence. And I KNOW that Hoa said it will take him a long time to become a semblance of what he once was but he was one of my favorite characters and just one of my favorite parts of this series in general and I MISS HIM, DAMN IT! . But again, that was just personal and over all it didn't really take anything away from my experience of the book.
I do have to say though, while I enjoyed the new perspective introduced in this book and getting some history of the world we are in, I did find myself consistently more interested in the chapters of the characters we already knew and related to. Also, I’ve seen people have a hard time liking Essun, but I genuinely really love her. She’s imperfect, of course, but she’s been through a ton of shit that I feel like i’m pretty forgiving. Plus having a protagonist that is over the age of 30, especially in a fantasy novel, is really refreshing and I love it!
But for real, this is one of those books and series that I am going to be thinking about for a long, long time. What Jemisin has created here is profound, and I am so grateful that we get to experience it.
WOW. WOW WOW WOW WOW. What an end to such a fantastic series. I think the first one is still my favorite, but really I am blown away by this finale. This series should be required reading for sci-fi / fantasy fans—its so unlike anything I’ve ever read before and I am so so excited to dig into Jemisin’s backlist now.
But, about this specific book. I really liked how Jemisin started to explore the themes of oppression a little more overtly in this one—the themes and foundations were there in the previous two, but as everything comes to a head Jemisin really hammers this point in and I thought it was fantastic. She does such a deft job of creating a world that is so completely unlike our own—and yet we can see reflections of ourselves in it; of how we treat the earth, of how we treat each other. It is so GOOD!
Also, this is a personal thing. But I was upset that
I do have to say though, while I enjoyed the new perspective introduced in this book and getting some history of the world we are in, I did find myself consistently more interested in the chapters of the characters we already knew and related to. Also, I’ve seen people have a hard time liking Essun, but I genuinely really love her. She’s imperfect, of course, but she’s been through a ton of shit that I feel like i’m pretty forgiving. Plus having a protagonist that is over the age of 30, especially in a fantasy novel, is really refreshing and I love it!
But for real, this is one of those books and series that I am going to be thinking about for a long, long time. What Jemisin has created here is profound, and I am so grateful that we get to experience it.