Reader’s Note
9 out of 10
No idea how the second-person thing works as well as it does, and I've stopped asking. Tore through it, bought the next two immediately, have not opened either of them (they're in the tower by the door).
by@tinyapartmentbigtbrWritten 14 July 2026Read 9 July 2026
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The Fifth SeasonN. K. JemisinIn the Margins
The Fifth Season reviewed by @sam
Second person threw me. Got over it. The ending, though.8 out of 10@sam
The Fifth Season reviewed by @grimdarkgareth
Eight. Properly grim and never once edgy about it. Opens by telling you the world's ending and then makes you care about a schoolteacher anyway — how? Second person did my head in for fifty pages and then I stopped noticing it entirely.8 out of 10@grimdarkgareth
The Fifth Season reviewed by @hollowknightfan99
the second person thing I was prepared to hate turns out to be load bearing, and by the end I knew why it had to be written that way. sat in the car outside Tesco for ten minutes. best structure in fantasy, full stop.10 out of 10@hollowknightfan99
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