The Stone Sky
Ratings590
Average rating4.4
This third book in the trilogy has got plenty of coolness in it. Wraps up the story nicely and answers many questions. The two main characters, Essun and her daughter Nassun, take interesting paths to the final scene. Really enjoyed this trilogy, especially the whole strange otherness about it. Writing was faultless. I'll likely read more by this author.
Time grows short, my love. Let's end with the beginning of the world, shall we?
I can't believe that this story is finished. I was ready for it to end, but the finale came abruptly nevertheless. I don't remember when was the last time that I felt so much. The ending couldn't have happened without my tears (or maybe I was just in a mood today).
Many would say that this book is about diversity or feminism or LGTB etc. But that's so untrue. All this does not matter. The love, loss, pain, grief - they are the main characters. The funny thing - there was so much talk about the war throughout the story, but there is no evil side. There wasn't even a villain. No black and white here. Only ash.
Finally, I get an explanation. Everything comes to an end and we get to understand all the stuff that was going on. Actually, it's hard to talk only about the third book, as I can't stop thinking about the three books as a whole. That was a beautiful story. So heartbreaking and hopeless in so many places, but gorgeous anyway.
Usually, that's not my kind of books. In truth, I prefer more optimistic atmosphere. I'm still surprised, that I've finished the trilogy (I wanted to DNF it at the beginning of the first book, remember?). But it was so worthy of my time. And my emotions. I'm feeling a little bit empty and spent at the moment, but it is a really pleasant feeling of finishing the great books.
The sun is up. Let's face the future, at least, and leave the past to itself.
Vor í Vaglaskógi
Kaleo
This trilogy pulls no punches and I love it for that. The complexity of the relationships, the solidity of the world and its history. Power and its price. Love and its price. Sacrifice and justice. What to do when things are too broken to be fixed.
NK Jemisin is just one of the best writers of my time. Her world-building is stunning, her characters are intricate and real, and her ideas are some of the most original I've ever read. The Stone Sky puts an end to The Broken Earth trilogy, which if you've started, you have to finish, and if you haven't started, you shouldn't read this book yet. Go start the series.
What really strikes me about Jemisin's writing and this trilogy in particular is how she can create this amazing mythos and world so far from our own, and then use it to viciously critique our own world without anything ever seeming heavy-handed or preachy. Jemisin has words to say about how people of color are treated, and those themes are impossible not to see. It is also impossible not to get swept up in geoarcanity and the story of.a mother and daughter, separated by their similarities.
I love this series. I love Jemisin's work. Everybody read it all.
NK Jemisin is the best working writer alive today. I'm not sure what else to say.
“How can we prepare for the future if we won't acknowledge the past?”
An amazing series comes to an end. It has been fantastic, reading this series; I don't think I can really write much about it because I can't do it justice. This book is a perfect conclusion to this series; it answers all the questions that have been going through my mind since I started reading The Fifth Season – how was the world originally like, who sent the Moon away, how did the Shattering occur, what is the origin of orogeny, who are the stone eaters and whose side are they on.
“But for a society built on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress. Someone must suffer, if the rest are to enjoy luxury.”
This book as well as the series explore so many other themes through the story. A mother will do anything to protect her child, irrespective of how strong or wrong the child is. Oppression can't go on forever, it will turn into a dangerous bloody cycle. We can't exploit nature endlessly with no consequences. Ultimately, all everyone wants is a little bit of love – between family, friends or even strangers. Just show a little bit of love and little less of fear towards the person next to you and the world will have less strife.
“There have always been those who use despair and desperation as weapons.”
I think everyone should read this series. It's extremely well written prose, engaging story, very strongly developed characters, and a world that is very different and similar to ours at the same time. Books that provoke you, make you think and introspect, being enjoyable at the same time, are very hard to come by, especially in Fiction. Don't let go of this one.
“If you love someone, you don't get to choose how they love you back.”
4.0 out of 5 stars – see this review and other at The Speculative Shelf.
“I don't know what's happening, not really. I know only that this is a battle, full of moment-to-moment confusion as all battles are, and from here forth nothing is quite clear...”
–The Stone Sky
The Stone Sky
This book was a slow burn at first, but once it hit its stride, it accelerated to the very end. Definitely one of my all-time favorite series.
“We are the monsters they created, and more, but we will be the sort of monsters we wish to be, in death.”
One day I might write a proper review of this series but for now all I can come up with is that I am #blessed to be on the Evil Earth at the same time as N.K. Jemisin and her brilliant brain.
stunning. this series is important, relevant to our times, beautifully written and full of black girl magic. the kind of book that gets better, not boring, with rereading.
Incredible of course. I didn't expect for it to end with a tiny sliver of hope and it did. It's just what I needed right now when the world of the Stillness doesn't seem that far off from our own. If there's hope there, there's hope here.
Executive Summary: A satisfying conclusion to a great series. I'll definitely be eager to read whatever Ms. Jemisin puts out next.Audiobook: Once again Robin Miles does a good job. She speaks clearly, with good inflections and adds a few voices in as well. Full Review[b:The Fifth Season 19161852 The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) N.K. Jemisin https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386803701s/19161852.jpg 26115977] is one of the best books I've read in the last several years. Normally I'm not one who spends much time on writing technique, I just like a great story. However that book had both in a combination that worked incredibly well for me.It's only inevitable that the two following books could never live up to that book. But they both came pretty close. I thought both [b:The Obelisk Gate 26228034 The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) N.K. Jemisin https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1441406262s/26228034.jpg 46213537] and this book were quite good, but just not quite as good as [b:The Fifth Season 19161852 The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) N.K. Jemisin https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386803701s/19161852.jpg 26115977] was. That's alright though.This book does a good job in wrapping up Essun and Nassun's stories, while giving a lot of great world building/back story and answering pretty much every question I had coming into it. I did feel the ending moved at a bit of a faster pace than the first part did. I'm reluctant to say it was rushed, but I would have liked a bit more time on the final arc and a bit less time spent on the first.This is one of those stories deep with meaning that I found quite apparent without being so blatant as to hit you over the head. It's something I've found myself thinking about even when I'm not reading it. That's hard to do.Most of the books I read are purely for entertainment value. I don't worry too much about social commentary or deep thoughts. Ms. Jemisin manages to do both quite well at the same time. She's quickly made a fan out of me, and I'm definitely looking forward to reading her next book.