Levi Hobbs’s Reviews > The Fifth Season > Status Update

I want to know more about these Stone Eaters!

I often feel like Essun's actions are just plot conveniences, not authentic to a character.

Tonkee’s character keeps getting more interesting. And revealing more nuances to the culture. Really cool.

This book normalizes polygamy. Gross.

Fun to see pirates making an appearance!

I like seeing Syenite and Alabaster get a fresh start, even though I know it can’t last.

(Spoiler) I love it when they form a new com/society full of origens, looking to take advantage of the enormous upheaval and remake society anew.

There’s actually so many surprises and interruptions in the story that it’s unsettling. I feel like I need more time to soak into the world before confronting all the exceptions to the rules.

Essun is ridiculously introspective. And I thought I was bad…

It’s frustrating that there’s so much lack of progress for so long with the main character finding her husband and child.