The Fifth Season
by N.K. Jemisin
Our rating
Spice: mild. Darkness: very dark.
It opens with a woman finding her son beaten to death by his father, on the same day the world ends. Orogenes can move the earth and are feared, enslaved and bred for it. Parts are in second person, which pays off. Won the Hugo three years running for a reason.
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Is The Fifth Season spicy?
A little. There are one or two intimate scenes in The Fifth Season, but they aren't very explicit. We rate it 2 out of 5.
How dark is The Fifth Season?
We rate The Fifth Season 4 out of 5 for darkness (very dark). The big content warnings are harm to children, genocide, physical or emotional abuse, death of a loved one. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read The Broken Earth in order?
The Fifth Season is book 1 of The Broken Earth, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is complete.
Tropes
Content warnings
Show 4 content warnings for The Fifth Season
- Harm to children
- Genocide
- Physical or emotional abuse
- Death of a loved one
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Details
- Series
- The Broken Earth, book 1
- Series status
- Complete
- Pages
- 512
- First published
- 2015
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
