N.K. Jemisin is the Greatest Author of our Generation

I felt that the viewpoint especially was absolute art. I think it might be the best-written book I've ever read. Possibly not the best, since the Sanderson-avalanche beats everything else, but definitely the best prose ever. The way she writes the blind pov is just so mind-blowingly good. I quite enjoyed her second-person-present in the new trilogy as well, but nothing beats the blind viewpoint.

Also, I ramble, and my description isn't nearly eloquent enough to do her amazing writing any justice at all.

 

I just finished Fifth Season on audiobook (because that's how I read). I have many thoughts and feelings. Chief among them is that I am going right now to audible right now and get Obleisk Gate.

 

Excellent. I think I'm going to need like... a day of downtime to process before I jump back in.

 

Huh! I read each book as it came out, and never realized that!

 

I started listening to The Fifth season on Audible and I am like 5 chapters in. It's a bit difficult to get into the world at first, I hope I understand everything, since I am listening to it and not reading...

 

I finished The Fifth Season yesterday and it took a nice turn, I liked it What I don't like though is the deeply explained sex scenes... did we get ANY information from them? Why did I need to listen to this? (also I was in the train, so it wasnt a good time to listen to them anyway ) Anyone else think like this?

 

At first I thought of

Spoiler

Their polyamorous relationship with the pirate captain (Can't remember his name)

Which didn't bother me but also didn't enhance the story for me.

If you meant

Spoiler

the scenes between Syenite and Baster in the beginning when Syenite is commanded to have a baby with Alabaster

Those scenes definitely served a purpose in my opinion, to show how much control Syen's overlords had over her and how ingrained in her obedience had become. Plus how little the two of them enjoyed the experience.

So I'm not sure.

 

yeah that first thing you mentioned... I don't know, I thought it was just a sex scene for a sex scene's sake

 

I'm usually super Mormon about sex scenes, but these didn't bother me at all. They really helped build the characters.

 

Listening to The Fifth Season on Audible at the moment. The first person narration when you are listening to it is very different to anything ever but I am enjoying it a lot.

 

Not sure whether I like Inheritance or Broken Earth better - been too long since I've read the latter. But both are awesome. Dreamblood was good and had a very nice setting, but I wasn't quite as amazed by it. Jemisin is definitely one of my favourite authors.

 

Jumping on the Jemisin bandwagon! Almost halfway through the Broken Earth series and really enjoying it. Bought my own copies of the books last night. I’ll probably go back and read the samples of her other stories once this series is complete.

Not exactly sure what intrigues me about the series since I usually dislike gritty post-apocalyptic stories. Her writing style for this series is interesting for sure. Its bluntness works well for the setting. She doesn’t quite “break the 4th wall” as in a movie, but I like how she includes internal monologue within each situation.

I’ve noticed this series has a lot to do with earth energy. Do her other books focus around other elemental energies such as water, fire, etc?

 

I finished The Fifth Season a few days ago. It's easily one of the best books I've read, and I've been recommending it to basically everyone I know. I'm super impressed by how well Jemisin manages to write a world full of truly horrific things without the story ever feeling bleak and hopeless and without even a hint of shock value.