The Stone Sky Paperback - 2017
by N. K. Jemisin
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Readers largely regard The Stone Sky as an ambitious, emotionally charged capstone to N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy. Praise centers on the inventive worldbuilding, the intimate mother–daughter conflict, and Hoa’s historical narrative, which ties together the origins of orogenes, stone eaters, the obelisks, and the Moon while sharpening themes of oppression, climate reckoning, community, and unconventional love. Many admired the prose and perspective shifts, calling the trilogy a standout of contemporary speculative fiction. Reservations focused on accessibility: some found the magic/science system opaque, the vocabulary dense, and the pacing uneven—slow early passages and, for a minority, a rushed or anticlimactic finale. Overall sentiment is strongly positive, with high reread value noted.
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- Title The Stone Sky
- Author N. K. Jemisin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Orbit, New York
- Publication date 2017-08-15
- Features Maps
- ISBN 9780316229241 / 0316229245
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.2 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 3.05 cm)
- Category Fiction - Fantasy
- Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Good and evil
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017017064
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/2017, Page 38
- Library Journal, 07/01/2017, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 07/03/2017, Page 0
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