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“Intricate and extraordinary.”
— New York Times
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“Jemisin’s graceful prose and gritty setting provide the perfect backdrop for this fascinating tale of determined characters fighting to save a doomed world.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“An ambitious book, with a shifting point of view, and a protagonist whose full complexity doesn’t become apparent till toward the end of the novel.”
— Guardian (London)
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“The Fifth Season is a powerful, epic novel of discovery, pain, and heartbreak…It is a novel that demands much of its readers; it rewards them aplenty and is one of those novels that becomes more powerful after deep consideration and subsequent readings.”
— SFF World
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“Angrily, beautifully apocalyptic.”
— Barnes&Noble.com
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“Astounding…[with] an emotional core that not only carries the story through its complicated setting but sets things up for even more staggering revelations to come.”
— NPR.org
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“Jemisin might just be the best worldbuilder out there right now, and the beginning of her new series features a setting just as vivid and unique as her other work, but wholly new and distinct.”
— RT Book Reviews (4½ stars, Top Pick!)
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“Robin Miles has an affinity for the three female narrators, who have varying points of view and distinct personalities and challenges. Her relaxed style helps to move along the world-building explication at a good pace and contrasts with the more intense segments in which she draws out the suspense and drama. Her sparing use of accents emphasizes the outsider status of some of the characters.”
— AudioFile
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“Brilliant…gorgeous writing and unexpected plot twists.”
— Washington Post
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Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold.
— Entertainment Weekly
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Intricate and extraordinary.
— The New York Times
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[The Fifth Season is] an ambitious book, with a shifting point of view, and a protagonist whose full complexity doesn't become apparent till toward the end of the novel. ... Jemisin's work itself is part of a slow but definite change in sci-fi and fantasy.
— Guardian
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Astounding... Jemisin maintains a gripping voice and an emotional core that not only carries the story through its complicated setting, but sets things up for even more staggering revelations to come.
— NPR Books
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Jemisin's graceful prose and gritty setting provide the perfect backdrop for this fascinating tale of determined characters fighting to save a doomed world.
— Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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A must-buy...breaks uncharted ground.
— Library Journal (starred review)
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This is an intense, exciting novel, where survival is always on the line, set in a fascinating, original and dangerous world with an intriguing mystery at the heart of it. I can't wait to see what happens in the next book!
— Martha Wells
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Brilliant...gorgeous writing and unexpected plot twists.
— Washington Post
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[A]ngrily, beautifully apocalyptic.
— B&N.com
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Heartbreaking, wholly unexpected, and technically virtuosic, The Fifth Season is a tour-de-force. I felt every shock--and the book is packed with them--in my marrow. It's no exaggeration to say that Jemisin expands the range of what great fantasy can be.
— Brian Staveley, author of The Emperor's Blades
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With every new work, Jemisin's ability to build worlds and break hearts only grows.
— Kirkus (starred review)
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Jemisin might just be the best world builder out there right now.... [She] is a master at what she does.
— RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!)
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"The Fifth Season is a powerful, epic novel of discovery, pain, and heartbreak.... It is a novel that demands much of its readers; it rewards them aplenty and is one of those novels that becomes more powerful after deep consideration and subsequent readings.
— SFF World