Pros: Stunning epic fantasy Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 I picked up N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth) because her The Inheritance Trilogy left a deep and lasting impression on me. I couldn’t wait to read…
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Review: “The Fifth Season,” N.K. Jemisin
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: apocalyptic, dark fantasy, dystopian, epic fantasy, fantasy, N.K. Jemisin, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, SF, The Broken Earth
Review: “Necessary Ill,” Deb Taber
Pros: Fascinating characters and original plot Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Deb Taber’s Necessary Ill is an unusually intriguing and original book. It’s set some indeterminate time in the future, when resource depletion and waste disposal have become…
Review: “The Passage,” Justin Cronin
Pros: LONG and fascinating tale Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Justin Cronin’s The Passage: A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy) covers a lot of genre background, from paranormal to horror, sci-fi to bio-thriller, apocalyptic to post-apocalyptic.…
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Review: “The Cabin at the End of the World,” Paul Tremblay
Pros: This story broke my brain Cons: Truly bizarre perspective/PoV switching Rating: 5 out of 5 Paul Tremblay’s The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel introduces us to little girl Wen and her Daddy Eric and Daddy…
Review: “The Immune: Omnibus Edition,” David Kazzie
Pros: Deep dive into characters’ heads Cons: Silly, one-dimensional evil corporation Rating: 3 out of 5 David Kazzie’s The Immune: Omnibus Edition is a combination of four books in his series. While it ended in a place that I was…
Review: “Fall of the Cities: Planting the Orchard”, Vance Huxley
Pros: Love the characters! Cons: Would have liked a little more explanation or background Rating: 4 out of 5 I enjoy a good book of apocalyptic/survivalist fiction now and then. Fall of the Cities: Planting the Orchard, by Vance Huxley,…
Review: EMP Blackout Super Boxset part 2: Roger Hayden
Pros: Some interesting details Cons: A couple things veer dangerously close to slapstick Rating: 2 out of 5 Roger Hayden’s part of the EMP Blackout Super Boxset) did not wow me. Much like James Hunt’s entry in this set, Hayden’s…
Review: “Odd Apocalypse,” Dean Koontz
Pros: Quotable; good plotting Cons: Some repetitive explanations Rating: 4 out of 5 Odd Apocalypse (book six in The Odd Thomas Series 6-Book Bundle) is a bit different from Dean Koontz’s previous Odd Thomas books. Books one and two…
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