Friday, April 20, 2018

THE STONE SKY




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The Stone Sky, J K Jemisin, Orbit, 2017, 398 pp
 
 
In the final volume of Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy, the story of the Stillness, all the threads are tied from the far past to a possible better future for Earth and mankind. The plot is as complex as in the earlier two books but all the confusions I found in there begin to make sense.
 
I don't intend to go into the plot because I could not do so without big spoilers. Many mysteries become clear, the adventure level remains as high as it ever was, and the multiple identities of certain characters and their relationships take on some semblance of making sense. Somehow the suspense is held to almost the very last page.

This is one of the best fantasy/sci fi series I have read. It made me ponder many aspects of life while learning plenty of science. The heroines are like none I have met before. I don't think these books could have been written by anyone else besides a female person of color who is also a genius. I cannot wait to see what N K Jemisin does next.
 
 
(The Stone Sky is available in paperback by order from Once Upon A Time Bookstore.)



8 comments:

  1. Congratulations on finishing this marvelous trilogy. I agree that it's one of the best.

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    1. Thanks and yes, one of the wonders of being a reader is discovering something really great!

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  2. Glad the trilogy was awesome to you --- sounds like quite an intricate weaved web. What will NK Jemisin do next?!

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    1. Here is what she answered recently to that question: "I’m currently working on my next series for Orbit. It’ll be based on my published short story, “The City Born Great,” at Tor.com."

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  3. I'm glad that you reached the end of the trilogy and found it amazing overall. It seems that it paid off to stick to it until the end.

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    1. Yes, she made me want to know how it was going to turn out.

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  4. Sounds like a great series of books! I like it when authors are able to make all the novels in their series equally as good so that readers look forward to reading each and every book. I've read books in a series, where I've lost interest in the series over time and moved on! But J K Jemisin's books sound awesome.

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    1. Probably it is easier to make all the books equally good in a trilogy than in a series. Some trilogy writers have a slight slump with the second book, but not N K Jemisin.

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