The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)

Posted on 14 June 2018 by N.K. Jemisin

THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS FOR THE LAST TIME.The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night Alabaster Tenring madman, world crusher, savior has returned with a mission to train his successor, Essun, and thus seal the fate of the Stillness forever.It continues with a lost daughter, found by the enemy.It continues with the obelisks, and an ancient mystery converging on answers at last.The Stillness is the wall which stands against the flow of tradition, the spark of hope long buried under the thickening ashfall And it will not be broken. Free Download The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) [ By ] N.K. Jemisin [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr So I listened to this the first time on audio instead of reading my paperback As most of you know I only like doing re reads on audio because I miss too much on first time reads but it s all good Once again, even though I didn t understand all that was going on same thing happened when I read the first book by paperback some of the time I still loved it I m so weird that way Nassun is off with her h...Edit 8 11 17HUGO WINNER for 2017 That s the second one in a row for the SAME series And since I ve already read the third one and squealed all over it, I m going on a limb and calling it three Hugos in a row.Don t hate me if I m right Original review My mind cannot stop dancing with joy after reading this You might say that I m dancing with Father Earth, enjoying the reveals as one would enjoy the unearthing of so many gems of storytelling awesomeness.The world building is still sha Edit 8 11 17HUGO WINNER for 2017 That s the second one in a row for the SAME series And since I ve already read the third one and squealed all over it, I m going on a limb and calling it three Hugos in a row.Don t hate me if I m right Original review My mind cannot stop dancing with joy after reading this You might say that I m dancing with Father Earth, enjoying the reveals as one would enjoy the unearthing of so many gems of storytelling awesom...2.5 5 Stars Buddy read with the lovely Melanie The Obelisk Gate just won the Hugo Award 2017 for Best Novel of the year category, and coincidentally, I finished reading the book on the same day the result of the award was announced Sadly, it s not a happy coincidence because I highly disagree with it.This is probably the most unpopular opinion I ever wrote so far At the time of posting this review, out of 12470 ratings, less than 200 readers rated this book below 3 stars, I am one of them I lo 2.5 5 Stars Buddy read with the lovely Melanie The Obelisk Gate just won the Hugo Award 2017 for Best Novel of the year category, and coincidentally, I finished reading the book on the same day the result of the award was announced Sadly, it s not a happy coincidence because I highly disagree with it.This is probably the most unpopular opinion I ever wrote so far At the time of posting this review, out of 12470 ratings, less than 200 readers rated this book below 3 stars, I am one of them I loved The Fifth Season, very much It s a work of a genius and I...1 The Fifth Season Buddy Read with Petrik I finished this book just after it won its Hugo award for the best novel of 2017 This and The Fifth Season are so deserving of the awards and praise they receive These books leave me wordless, because there is no explaining how much of a meaningful impact these books have on the world, let alone the SFF community All I can truly say is thank you to N.K Jemisin for this world, these characters, and these important messages that continue to ren 1 The Fifth Season Buddy Read with Petrik I finished this book just after it won its Hugo award for the best novel of 2017 This and The Fifth Season are so deserving of the awards and praise they receive These books leave me wordless, because there is no explaining how much of a meaningful impact these books have on the world, let alone the SFF community All I can truly say is thank you to N.K Jemisin for this world, these characters, and these important messages that continue to render me speechless I also finished this book the same night that white supremacists rallied at Charlottesville and spread their hate in my country The country that says we are past racism The country that is constantly telling us that we are the greatest and most forward thinking country of all time The country that s passing this hatred and violence off as free speechBut if you stay, no part of this comm gets to decide that any part of this comm is expendable No votin...There s something so special about this series.I m not going to lie, it s a bit complicated It takes its sweet time revealing bits and pieces of itself to the reader The magic isn t always intuitive, the characters motivations aren t always laid out nicely and neatly But it s always fascinating and keeps me asking questions It s not a series I would recommend for those of us without patience. It s unique second person point of view is, again, one of the best uses of this perspective I have There s something so special about this series.I m not going to lie, it s a bit complicated It takes its sweet time revealing bits and pieces of itself to the reader The magic isn t always intuitive, the characters motivations aren t always laid out nicely and neatly But it s always fascinating and keeps me asking questions It s not a series I would recommend for those of us without patience. It s unique second person point of view is, again, one of the best uses of this perspective I have ever seen It gives you a profound sense of revelation to experience th...WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARDS 2017 for best novel 4.5 stars I see youI can t stand Fantasy novels They re all the same There are too many characters It s predictable Unrealistic Not diverseTrust me, I hear you The Obelisk Gate is different, though, and here s why you should give it a chance You re very tired of reading the same uninspired writing over and over again Fear noN.K Jemisin s writing is nothing short of fantastic, with perhaps the best second Person POV I ve ev WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARDS 2017 for ...4.44 I did not wait for a buddy read, because after finishing the first book I HAD TO KNOW I engulfed this one in a day and have to say, despite loving the heck out of it, my thirst to KNOW is not quenched I need the third book right now, but alas, I will have to wait like a good and patient reader and preorder it, so I can have it as soon as it comes out, if not possible to get it earlierLife cannot exist without the Earth.Yet there is a not unsubstantiated chance that life 4.44 I did not wait for a buddy read, because after finishing the first book I HAD TO KNOW I engulfed this one in a day and have to say, despite loving the heck out of it, my thirst to KNOW is not quenched I need the third book right now, but alas, I will have to wait like a good and patient r...This book transitions very nicely from where The Fifth Season left off We backtrack in time a bit to follow the journey Essun s daughter Nassun took with her father, Jija, and then the rest of the book runs in a parallel timeline following Essun in Castrima and Nassun further South in Jekity.Jemisin has a wonderful storyteller s voice, which she uses to great effect here The pain inflicted on Essun by her time with the Fulcrum continues to reverberate down through to Nassun, as Nassun begins a This book transitions very nicely from where The Fifth Season left off We backtrack in time a bit to follow the journey Essun s daughter Nassun took with her father, Jija, and then the rest of the book runs in a parallel timeline following Essun in Castrima and Nassun further South in Jekity.Jemisin has a wonderful storyteller s voice, which she uses to great effect here The pain inflicted on Essun by her time with the Fulcrum continues to reverberate down through to Nassun, as Nassun begins at last to understand a little bit about how her mother became the person she is But keeping true to the complexity of human relationships, Jemisin doesn t make Nassun seemthan the child she is The way Nassun deals with the people around her seems very much in keeping with her age.My only real criticism would be that this felt very much like a middle book Up until the last part...To summarize, it seems even the best authors can fall victim to Middle Book Syndrome.I still adore N.K Jemisin, I still think she s a goddess The Obelisk Gate just didn t do it for me The first book in this series, The Fifth Season, was just so exciting It was filled with incredible world building and a well paced journey with a complex and likable heroine But whereas The Fifth Season was probably 70% ba...9 10 The Fifth Season set the bar really high for the follow up, but N K Jemisin delivers the goods in the sequel with as much skill and inventivity as I have come to expect from her original, engaging stories With a whole planet as a terrible playground and a timescale extended to tens of thousands oryears, Jemisin redefines what EPIC means in terms of fantasy Robert Jordan and Steven Erikson are arguably in a good position to challenge my enthusiastic placing of this series on the 9 10 The Fifth Season set the bar really high for th...

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14 June 2018

N.K. Jemisin