The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, 2)
Essun's missing daughter grows more powerful every day, and her choices may destroy the world in this "magnificent" Hugo Award winner and NYT Notable Book. (NPR) The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. Essun -- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger -- has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever. Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power -- and her choices will break the world. N. K. Jemisin's award winning trilogy continues in the sequel to The Fifth Season.
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Second book in the series. We find out what happened to Uche and Nassun. As we did in the first story, there’s different POV’s and timelines. I flew through this one as well!
The Obelisk Gate is the second book in The Broken Earth Trilogy - but it is ANYTHING BUT *just* a second book. I flew through this one, I couldn't get enough or read it fast enough!
After the genius storytelling that took place in the first book, The Fifth Season, I honestly thought Jemisin had shown her bag of tricks as far as unique plot. I was wrong. She completely avoided what I call second book syndrome and found engaging and interesting ways to continue to develop our characters, while giving them even more intense storylines that just had me shaking my head in amazement and appreciation.
I....fell in love against my will with two characters that I think are going to break my heart in the third and final book. They're not good....or at least they're gray characters....but....I couldn't help but find myself seeing them where they were standing, I walked a mile in their shoes. I loved how Jemisin drew attention to each of our races - pointed out in subtle ways how people think of each other and how they regard those they perceive as different from them. How each of these races, when asked, said they thought only of themselves as human, wanted to be seen as human.
I have chills when I think about the genius of this story. I cannot wait for the conclusion of this trilogy. CANNOT WAIT.
If you can't tell, I *highly* recommend this series!
After the genius storytelling that took place in the first book, The Fifth Season, I honestly thought Jemisin had shown her bag of tricks as far as unique plot. I was wrong. She completely avoided what I call second book syndrome and found engaging and interesting ways to continue to develop our characters, while giving them even more intense storylines that just had me shaking my head in amazement and appreciation.
I....fell in love against my will with two characters that I think are going to break my heart in the third and final book. They're not good....or at least they're gray characters....but....I couldn't help but find myself seeing them where they were standing, I walked a mile in their shoes. I loved how Jemisin drew attention to each of our races - pointed out in subtle ways how people think of each other and how they regard those they perceive as different from them. How each of these races, when asked, said they thought only of themselves as human, wanted to be seen as human.
I have chills when I think about the genius of this story. I cannot wait for the conclusion of this trilogy. CANNOT WAIT.
If you can't tell, I *highly* recommend this series!
Every bit as good as the first in this series, Obelisk Gate is both the chronicle of the end of the world, this time, and the story of love fulfilled. Essun and her daughter Nessun are the heroines of the story, but never manage to be in the same place at the same time. Even so, they both struggle to learn how to be who they are meant to be and to love, unconditionally.
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