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- Content warnings: Child abuse (referenced), Child death, Physical abuse, Racism/bigotry, Genocide, Captivity, Slavery, Grief, Domestic violence, Gore, Panic attacks, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Death, Trauma, Manipulation
The Fifth Season
by N.K. Jemisin
Book 1 in The Broken Earth
Hugo Award-winning masterpiece that reinvents epic fantasy. Jemisin builds a world where the earth itself is an enemy and the oppressed wield the power to break continents. The second-person narration is a revelation - alien for ten pages, then the only way this story could be told.
goodreads 4.28/5 337,346 ratings
storykind_community 4.67/5 3 ratings
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Length468 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice2/5 · Emotional intimacy focus
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Found family
- Medium
- Emotional intimacy focus
- The angst delivered
- Mysterious stranger
- Book hangover
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- Morally gray
- Addictive read
- Expanded empathy
- Perspective shift
- Cathartic release
- Thought-provoking
Fantasy promise
- Epic fantasy
- War front / rebellion
- Dystopian
- Humans only
- Small town / village
- Post-apocalyptic
Reading experience
- Mixed POV styles
- Dark
- Immersive
- Devastating
- High
- Damaged survivor
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- BIPOC MC
- Intense
- Atmospheric
- BIPOC love interest (LI)
- Reluctant hero
- Queer
- Epic
- Lyrical
- Protector
- Polyamorous
- Emotional
- Raw
- Tense
- Introspective
- Gritty
- Haunting
- Literary
- Somber
- Mythic
- Survival against impossible odds
- Chosen one burden
- Morally complex
- Emotional devastation
- Gut punch ending
- No one is safe
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 468 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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