The Obelisk Gate

N. K. Jemisin
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The Obelisk Gate

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1/21/2018
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Excellent continuation of The Fifth Season. Jemisin maintains all the momentum and interest, and continues to build on it with the story of her daughter, Nassun. I also enjoyed how Schaffa has evolved up to this point. He is a father figure in both books, and you get to compare and contrast the way he loves both mother and daughter, how he exhibits his control of one and sacrifice in the other. The geology themed sci-fi of the previous book is expanded upon and merges with astronomy and hints of quantum theory.

I can't get enough of this 1st person perspective. Jemisin's mastery of it completely changes how you think and feel with fictional literature.