Today I’m reading N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season for Book Beginnings on Fridays.
Book Beginnings is a fun meme hosted by Rose City Reader blog. To participate, share the first sentence or so of a novel you are reading and your thoughts about it. When you are finished, add your URL to the Book Beginnings page linked above. Hope to see you there!
The Fifth Season* (The Broken Earth #1) by N. K. Jemisin
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Won the Hugo Award in 2016
If you’ve read this book, you realize it is hard to summarize without spoilers. Here’s my best attempt:
Summary: Against the backdrop of a earthquake that rips apart the world called Stillness, Essun finds that her own world is shattered as well. Her husband has killed her son, and he and her daughter have disappeared. How will she survive?
First Sentence Chapter 1:
You are she. She is you. You are Essun. Remember? The woman whose son is dead.
Discussion:
I like the short sentences at the beginning. To me, the brevity gives it a primal feel.
What do you think? Have you read any books by N. K. Jemisin? Have you read this series?
