La Quinta Stagione. La terra spezzata

This book is beautiful, this book is smart, this book is oh so heartbreaking, and this book is a masterpiece. This is one of those books that make you feel absolutely guilty for giving out five stars to other books. This book is unlike anything I've ever read, but it felt so seamlessly woven. This b Leggi tutto

Yes, 5 full stars for this one because it's everything I want in a fantasy book. I will explain. I don't read fantasy and sci-fi because I like magic or space ships or laser swords or what have you. I read fantasy and sci-fi because I want to see something new, and there's no other genre that allows Leggi tutto

I picked this one up because I greatly enjoyed Jemisin's Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, but this novel was even better. Jemisin blew me away with her world-building and beautiful writing. It's the tale of an alternate earth called the Stillness, which is plagued by constant seismic activity. This leads

O.M.G. Post-apocalyptic mixed with Fantasy? My two favorite genre? Hell yes! This was such a good read! The writing does take some time to get used to (one section the narration is told at the second person for example!) but I didn't find it slow and found myself immersed into it very quickly but mor Leggi tutto

Read this entire series. If you haven't, go buy a copy right now. Buy seven extras and gift them to a parent or sibling to have them pass the copies out and form a bookclub. If they already have a bookclub, join the bookclub. Seduce everyone with baked goods and jokes. Then take over the book club. Ca Leggi tutto

I think we should return to talking about how this is one of the single most compelling books ever written —for all those who have to fight for the respect others are given without question. I'm re-reviewing this because I accidentally used up a full page of my last essay ranting about it

4.5/5 StarsI will not start my review for this book with some praises. Don’t get me wrong, this is an amazing book (oh shit I just did), but I’d like to start this review instead by saying patience is virtue is apt here. “For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is

"Earthfires and rustbuckets." "I sleep like an earthshake" I haven't read a ton of award-winning books, but out of the handful I've read, one rarely lives up to the expectations. Maybe it's because of the hype, or the above average expectations, but the result is almost always the same. So, im

on the one day a year i decided to pretend i read fantasy, this is what i chose to read. it was a good choice! this book was creative and fun to read while also having traces of more serious themes, a combination that is my personal ideal in fantasy books. the beginning of this was confusing, but i'd Leggi tutto