The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was an excellent conclusion to one of the more interesting novel series I have read. The second person narrative was so refreshing and different and it wasn't until the very end of this third book that I finally connected the dots on who/what the narrator was and how the story was being told. It was incredibly clever and has solidified N.K. Jemisin as one of my favorite authors.
This third book gave us a third narrative arc, looking back to the world before it fell and gave us some insight into the cause of the cataclysm. While it pulled everything together, I still found myself confused as to what exactly "magic" is in this world. It is different from orogeny, but I never quite understood where it was placed in the world. Orogeny seemed to have a well grounded explanation of what it was and where it came from, but magic, especially the use of that specific world just felt so out of place with everything else in the story. That truly is my only gripe though. This whole series was an amazing read and well worth having all three books in the series getting their Hugo awards.
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was an excellent conclusion to one of the more interesting novel series I have read. The second person narrative was so refreshing and different and it wasn't until the very end of this third book that I finally connected the dots on who/what the narrator was and how the story was being told. It was incredibly clever and has solidified N.K. Jemisin as one of my favorite authors.
This third book gave us a third narrative arc, looking back to the world before it fell and gave us some insight into the cause of the cataclysm. While it pulled everything together, I still found myself confused as to what exactly "magic" is in this world. It is different from orogeny, but I never quite understood where it was placed in the world. Orogeny seemed to have a well grounded explanation of what it was and where it came from, but magic, especially the use of that specific world just felt so out of place with everything else in the story. That truly is my only gripe though. This whole series was an amazing read and well worth having all three books in the series getting their Hugo awards.
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