The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, 3)
Humanity will finally be saved or destroyed in the shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed NYT bestselling trilogy that won the Hugo Award three years in a row.
The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women.
Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every orogene child can grow up safe.
For Nassun, her mother's mastery of the Obelisk Gate comes too late. She has seen the evil of the world, and accepted what her mother will not admit: that sometimes what is corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed.
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This is a gorgeously written science fiction / fantasy trilogy with a beautiful ending. It has loveable, multi-faceted characters living in a dystopian world; complex world-building and magical geological systems; themes of cultural conflict, oppression, and the complexities of motherhood; and a thrilling climax of an adventure. The narrative is unique and heartfelt. The point of view switches constantly and you won't always know who's speaking until the end of a scene or sometimes even chapters later. Go with it - it all comes together with a glorious bow. The audiobook narrator was amazing, but I honestly had to reference the glossary in Will's physical copies, haha.
I can see why N.K. Jemison has won so many literary awards. "Her Broken Earth series made her the first African American author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel, as well as the first author to win in three consecutive years, and the first to win for all three novels in a trilogy." A+++
I can see why N.K. Jemison has won so many literary awards. "Her Broken Earth series made her the first African American author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel, as well as the first author to win in three consecutive years, and the first to win for all three novels in a trilogy." A+++
Third and final book in the series. This one is where I started slowing down. I don’t know if it was just a general reading slump or it truly moved slower. However, it was a perfect ending to the trilogy!
I really wanted to like this more. I like the characters and I found Nassun to be rather intriguing. The mother -daughter push and pull was interesting, as well. It just didn't have that 'spark' for me that I found with the others. I'm definitely impressed with the author, maybe she just ran out of steam. In the preface, she herself talks about how this novel was different from its predecessors in the trilogy. Overall, I felt like it was a little too 'inside baseball,' the language a bit more like an inside joke than I needed/wanted.
This was my least favorite of the trilogy, but it did a good job of tying the end of the story together. Worth the read if you enjoyed the first two books.
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