Just a beautiful fucking book. Beautifully written, beautifully structured. Witty and thought-provoking. And it made me cry in a way I haven’t in a long while. Just fucking awesome. An instant favorite I can’t wait to re-read.

Felt like drinking a cup of tea :)

god it’s so satisfying when a book you’ve heard get hyped up is actually really really fucking good. this was beautiful, mysterious, magical, sad and so so gentle. 10/10 will read again

Instantly my new favorite book :)

this one hurt a little bit. loved it. 

I'd try it again another time, but I don't really vibe with the writing style so far. I also think this has made me realize I'm not very into romance lol. I keep attempting to give it a try and just not finding myself very interested in any of the characters. Maybe another time!

I enjoyed some of the stories here, and I will probably return to this another time. Just a lot of the content was too dark and heavy for me right now. 

No complaints. A beautiful tense fairytale. I would have cried reading it but I finished it at work so I had to keep my composure. A quick read but very intense.

It’s only not more stars because it’s not my personal favorite kind of book, but it was beautiful. Stepped outside of my comfort zone with this one and yeah it was beautiful. Crying at work right now. Objectively was a quick read, but it felt so slow (positive). Slow and steadily-paced. I loved these characters. I loved how they talked to each other. I loved how a person melted back into nature. And it’s Not the point, but I learned about so much nature through this book? 

tl;dr - what if a girl was animal again? in the most beautiful and  sad way 

I loved this book. I’ve never read fantasy or scifi that felt like this before. It was a really cool mix of stuff that felt true to the way our world works with magic worked into it. Not every single story hit for me, but they were all interesting enough for me to want to come back to at some point. In particular I loved the short story about Bordertown, and the stories “The Smile on the Face,” “Old Habits,” and “Shift.”

Probably come back and say more later, but while this was not my favorite of Jemisin’s books, I still loved it! The world was so vivid and creative. Excited to read this second book, but I can already feel that it won’t answer all the questions I have about this world. 

I didn't love this but I didn't hate it either? I liked the ending, it was surprisingly satisfying and might honestly have helped me work through a personal trauma. The characters were, mostly, decidedly not likeable. I don't think they're supposed to be, so I'm not holding that against them. They're shitty teenagers, whatever. 

Took me a while to get into it, but I enjoyed it a lot overall. I don't know why it just wasn't clicking for me at first, but like 60% of the way through I started to really get it and it was really fun from then on. I think maybe I came into expecting too much of the same feelings I got from Chambers' Monk and Robot books. Lots of similar feelings, but a much different vibe overall. I maybe wish there was a stronger overarching plot, but that's a preference thing, and I enjoyed all the characters and insights into the different species and cultures in this world. Pretty fun! Doesn't have more stars just because it wasn't my personal favorite but it was really good! A nice lighthearted (mostly), and full of heart adventure. Exactly the kind of chill scifi I was looking for when I started this. Like watching a comfort movie :P

I kind of struggled to get into this? For like the first 200 pages. I thought the idea was interesting which is why I kept reading, but it was veryyy slow, and I just wasn’t very engaged at first. I’m glad I finished it though. I didn’t even like the main character or connect with him much at all at first, but at some point the fact that I was reading his every thought really started to click for me, and I saw a lot of  patterns thinking in him that I see in myself. It was a really weirdly reflective read. And I loved the art. Extra 0.5 for that.

I love this book. I love this series. The world of the Stillness is crafted with so much depth and care. It’s so brutal, and this story was gutwrenching, but i loved it. I love the portrayal of a complicated mother-daughter relationship. I appreciate the portrayal of trauma on both micro- and macro- levels…how it changes our relationships to ourselves and others, and how it affects us generationally. I loved so many of the concepts and reveals in this book and I don’t have time right now to say everything I want to but it was just a beautiful story. Awesome

I might try to return to this someday. I just didn't vibe with it, I don't know why.