Tag: dystopian

• The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

  

  I’m back at it after a monthlong absence with praise for the finale of the Broken Earth trilogy.

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  August 24, 2022

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  dystopian, fantasy, made me cry, N.K. Jemisin, POC-authored, read in 2022, sci-fi, woman protagonist, woman-authored

• The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

  

  This series is picking up momentum with a looming Final Fantasy-esque existential threat from the moon.

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  July 1, 2022

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  dystopian, fantasy, N.K. Jemisin, POC protagonist, POC-authored, read in 2022, sci-fi, woman protagonist, woman-authored

• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

  

  I liked this book much more than the other N.K. Jemisin series I tried, but I still wasn’t convinced until the big narrative twist.

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  June 3, 2022

  Books, Fiction

  dystopian, fantasy, N.K. Jemisin, POC protagonist, POC-authored, read in 2022, woman protagonist, woman-authored

• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

  

  I didn’t register this book as dystopian fiction when I read it. So many of its ‘dystopian’ qualities reflect aspects of everyday life in a world afflicted by a pandemic and late-stage capitalism.

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  December 27, 2021

  Books, Fiction

  book club books, depressing, dystopian, Kazuo Ishiguro, POC-authored, read in 2021, sci-fi, woman protagonist