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Cargando... The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1, WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD 2016 (Broken Earth Trilogy) (edición 2016)por N. K. Jemisin (Autor)
Información de la obraLa quinta estación por N. K. Jemisin
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. (2.0 Stars) I feel bad rating this one as low as I did, and I'm sure it was more me than anything else. I just couldn't get into this story. The changing perspective really threw me off at the beginning of the book, and I never really recovered. I felt like the characters were not really strong enough to be identifiable by any narrative, and the book itself is not dialog driven. I found myself reading it but thinking about other things, or other books. I even had to re-read parts of it because I thought I must have missed something, but I didn't. I guess, for me... it was boring, kind of like Tolkien's Silmarillion. Again, not bad, but not really a page-turner. I read this for the "An Author Who Uses Initials" part of my 2019 reading challenge. Most of the book was a solid 3/5, I found the characters a little hard to keep track of and the new terms and language took some getting used to. I love Geology but also had a hard time believing this world, and I was surprised I didn't like it as much as I expected to. The last 1/4 of the book was a 3.5, I liked the surprises and how the story came together. Holy crap that was good! THis book was a labyrinth. A slow, wandering, desperate, sad and exciting look into a dystopia that was truly frightening. I really don't have the words for this one. It was completely unexpected and I just....wow. I consider myself truly lucky to have stumbled on Ms Jemisin. So, so good. I recommend to anyone that loves fantasy. In addition, the narration by Robin Miles was superb. She was perfection. Pertenece a las seriesPremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
Una temporada de finales ha comenzado. Comienza con la gran grieta roja a través del corazón del único continente del mundo, arrojando una ceniza que borra el sol. Comienza con la muerte, con un hijo asesinado y una hija desaparecida, con traición y viejas heridas dormidas. Esta es la quietud, una tierra muy familiarizada con catástrofe, donde el poder de la tierra se maneja como un arma. Donde no hay misericordia. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A season of endings has begun. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. This is the Stillness. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The world building is fantastic and organic - I see there are some complaints regarding 'info-dumping' in other reviews, but I did not find this particularly problematic, as the reader is thrown straight into a world that is at the same time familiar in some senses but completely alien in others without any easing in, and any details given just made me want to learn more. There is an intricate weaving of history, culture and society which forms a deep overall backdrop for the story while at the same time having a direct impact on the experiences, choices and struggles faced by the characters. The book deals with some very mature and real-world issues, and in a way that on the one hand does not shy away from its realities even if they can be confronting and horrific, but on the other hand does not wave in the face of the reader for the sake of eliciting a reaction. The use of second person and present tense was daring, and while jarring at first, it definitely grew on me and created a direct connection with Essun's point of view which made for an empathetic reading experience once I got used to it.
The three perspectives each had their strengths and weaknesses - I felt that on the whole, the Syenite storyline was the most engaging, and although I caught on quite quickly to the twist that the three different viewpoints were leading to and the pacing did feel a bit stop start in some places when jumping between perspectives, the plot kept my attention throughout. Ultimately, I didn't feel like there was an X factor to elevate this to amazing for me, so it remains a 4-4.5*, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this as a specimen of modern sci-fi fantasy that powerfully breaks new ground (or earth, perhaps). ( )