The Fifth Season

This book is one of my favorites, in the top ten (maybe even the top three).

I love the character work - I felt like of the characters (Damaya, Essun, Syenite; though there is a spoiler caveat to this, read the book to find that out). I also like the prevailing idea behind it. Basically, after chapter one, the world is like a post-apocalyptic world and given the excellent tone and how a certain race is treated, it often feels like a dystopian novel - but this is a fantasy novel. The author even tells one of the POV from the second-person point of view (“you”s), and it was quite well done.

Overall, I would say this book was a great start to this year's (and decade's) reading list.