La cinquième saison

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N. K. Jemisin: La cinquième saison (French language, 2019)

French language

Published Nov. 16, 2019

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978-2-290-17284-1
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The Fifth Season is a 2015 science fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin. It was awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2016. It is the first volume in the Broken Earth series and is followed by The Obelisk Gate and The Stone Sky.

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reviewed La cinquième saison by N. K. Jemisin (Les livres de la terre fracturée, #1)

La profondeur comme la densité de cette œuvre m’ont émerveillé

5 stars

J‘avais ce livre depuis bien longtemps dans ma PAL, à la fois à cause de bonnes critiques que j‘avais lues et des multiples récompenses qu‘il a obtenu (dont le plus prestigieux en SF, le prix Hugo, obtenu pendant 3 années consécutives, pour les 3 tomes de la trilogie !). Bref, je me suis (enfin) lancé… et je ne le regrette pas ! Je vous fais le pitch

Nous sommes, peut-être, sur Terre. Est-ce de la science-fiction post-apocalyptique ou de la fantasy ? Ce n’est pas bien clair (et c’est très bien comme ça).

La terre tremble si souvent sur votre monde que la civilisation y est menacée en permanence. Le pire s'est d'ailleurs déjà produit plus d'une fois : de grands cataclysmes ont détruit les plus fières cités et soumis la planète à des hivers terribles, d'interminables nuits auxquelles l'humanité n'a survécu que de justesse.

Si c’est la Terre, elle …

reviewed The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #1)

Beautifully written but relentlessly bleak

4 stars

I wanted to give this five stars - it's beautifully written, the worldbuilding is incredible and is incredibly fresh and imaginative where so much fantasy feels derivative, while still feeling grounded and believable. The narrative device of telling the three separate stories and only slowly revealing the clues to how they connect was incredibly well executed.

But while I couldn't put this down and tear myself away from the next twist or revelation, I realised I wasn't actually enjoying reading it that much. The story starts with the murder of a child and if anything only gets heavier from there. The book is an examination of what can drive someone to keep going when everything and everyone they love is taken from them again and again, and how they can continue living with themselves when they have been forced to do horrific things to survive. It's an incredible book, but …

Review of 'The Fifth Season' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Took me a bit to get into it, and the changing of character names over time confused me a bit, but once I got past those two issues, it was a really fun read. Looking forward to the next two books to see what happens on Earth in a possible distant future where earth magic is common and nothing is stable.

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