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The Fifth Season talks about revolt with remarkable fury and finesse. It has a bold and challenging narrative that uses the second-person in a meaningful way and a trio of main characters that are as fascinating as they are tragic.
The book starts with the world ending twice. On a microscale, there is the world of a woman, who calls herself Essun, which ends when she stares at the body of her two-year-old son. On a macroscale, there is the ending of a whole civilization, with the earth shattering, the sky falling, and an empire ceasing to exist. In both cases, it’s a man who does the destruction. In both cases, the violence is overwhelming.
In this prologue the [...]