tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post5704024241763615998..comments2024-02-22T13:40:45.894+11:00Comments on Happy Antipodean: Book review: The Fifth Season, NK Jemisin (2015)Matthew da Silvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-87036008326754319522020-01-10T12:39:34.726+11:002020-01-10T12:39:34.726+11:00So I recently read all 3 books in this trilogy in ...So I recently read all 3 books in this trilogy in the space of a week. Personal taste obviously counts for a lot but I want to respond to this comment: "I felt that Jemisin’s single-minded focus on the fate of the orogenes left the drama feeling two-dimensional."<br /><br />Jemisin has created this world not purely as an intellectual exercise. She wants to explore prejudice, oppression,Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603137973571768097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-7543387833968563232018-10-01T07:21:16.955+10:002018-10-01T07:21:16.955+10:00I didn't finish this book. I was not convinced...I didn't finish this book. I was not convinced by the author's vision nor by the narrative, which I felt wasn't developed well enough for me to care about the main characters.<br /><br />I took up a challenge to read some more science fiction because I had had a long conversation with a friend about the merits of the genre and how it compares to literary fiction in the comments Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-71441305224742311242018-10-01T05:30:08.178+10:002018-10-01T05:30:08.178+10:00Wow you actually read something I've read. Tho...Wow you actually read something I've read. Tho you read the first book of a trilogy, I think the point of trilogies is to read all three of the books.<br /><br />Anyhow, I liked Jemisin's Inheritance trilogy much more than the Broken Earth trilogy.Stephanie Dasilvanoreply@blogger.com