Nassun herself is a fascinating character because we basically have a 10 year old serving as the primary villain/antagonist which is unusual. It's an interesting character point considering what she did to Cordu-while her justification for that was understandable, it's interesting to compare it to her justification for saving Nassun which basically boils down to: she's my daughter. So Essun ultimately had to fall back on her core and decide that to ensure her daughter lived, she'd let her daughter wipe out humanity. Their relationship, while not irreparable, would have taken at least another book to repair and certainly couldn't be fixed in the few moments between their reunion and Nassun trying to turn everyone into Stone Eaters. Since early in Book 2 I had expected that the narrative was building to some mother-daughter team-up/fight to save the world and while that's what we sort of got in the end, usually authors spend a bit more time exploring these kinds of relationships.īut, maybe that was the point.
More bonus points for a non-standard fantasy protagonist.Īnd now for spoilers- I was surprised last night that that Essun's and Nassun's reunion was covered in basically the last 50 pages of the trilogy. Bonus points for the 2nd person point of view that I initially found jarring but ultimately really liked. My non-spoiler take is that she crafted a world that was fascinating and, like most good sci-fi/fantasy, a reflection and commentary on our own. Finished the last book last night and it just was great.
Of course, I was younger than (five years ago) and maybe I should give it another shot. While I completely appreciated the new perspective on Fantasy, something about the story never resonated with me. Of course, I read the Inheritance Trilogy on reading similar praise but have to admit I didn't care for it as much.
Jeminsen was amazing and her books lovely. just that my general impression had been that people generally though N.K.
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