The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin - Dark and Brilliant

Week 2 of SCI-FI September! All this month we're looking at sci-fi book series, today's focus on The Broken Earth trilogy.

This multi-award winning series shows some of the absolute BEST writing I've ever seen! It's also very dark at times and shows a confronting and profound look at humanity.

We also discuss clever writing styles, the mysterious world, original magic system, and some of the best character work in the genre. Hope you enjoy!

[matthewbackhouse]

The quality/enjoyment I get from your videos is honestly 2nd to none on booktube, keep up the great work

[trackeroc]

I absolutely loved this series! Thank you for covering it. I'm not sure I agree that the third book was weaker, but I'll admit I get completely washed away by the climax of the story. I've seen so many "climactic clash between the most powerful" plots play out and the way Jemisin turned that trope on its head was masterful. Perfect. Achingly beautiful. Exactly what the story needed.

I very much agree with you about author diversity though - I've spent so much time in fantasy worlds built by Gaiman, Jordan, and Martin. I had no idea how much I would get out of Jemisin's work here - so much I want to find in fantasy stories but also so much more. There's a frankness, an unflinching honesty about certain details / parts of life that I had no idea I was missing.

[jakubmesaros]

read it like 5 years ago in it's entirety in just two weeks and to this day, it's one of the most beautiful pieces of literature I've come across. 100% recommending

[kirsireima]

N. K. Jemisin rose very quickly to my top tier of authors when I found her a few years ago and by now I've read almost all of her works. The Broken Earth trilogy is great but I have a soft spot for The Inheritance trilogy, since that's the series that introduced me to her. I'm so excited, whenever Jemisin gets the spotlight she deserves!

[justbreathe]

I started the audiobook this morning, just finished the prologue, went on YouTube to check for any trigger warnings I should be aware of. Thank you for posting this video!!! The prose is gorgeous, I can tell this is going to be one of my favourite books of the year.

[stinabringsarve]

When I was working in a bookstore I used to recommend this series all the time! I really love both the mystery-aspects and the characters! It’s such an interesting and unique story!

I can’t wait until you cover the City of Brass trilogy!

Great video as always!❤

[lobsterhats]

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for making your videos. I work overnight at a pretty soul sucking job; and your videos drop right in the middle of my Thursday night and give me something to genuinely look forward to and get excited about 🙂

[satyambarakoti]

You have me convinced to keep reading. I was about to give up after 250 pages. A fellow nine-nine here!

[erinn-nicole]

It really does feel like she pre-planned the whole thing. I'm starting book 3 today! I was so happy that book 2 was not a let down/slump that usually happens in trilogies. I love the mystery of not knowing what's going on. I've never read anything like this trilogy.

[AlyeaAnnn]

I’m going to add this to my “Watch Later” list. My book club and I read The Fifth Season and a couple of us will continue the trilogy outside of club.

[groofay]

You are an excellent salesman. I've been meaning to get to Broken Earth for ages, and now I'm figuring I'll get to start it in January. I hadn't heard that Jemisin is a psychologist, that honestly makes me look forward to it even more. I'm a sucker for good post-apocalyptic character work.

[ameliab]

I love the intro so much hahaha. Also your videos are extremely helpful when deciding if I'll read something or not. Great content.

[bunniewood]

The intro is everything! Never change ya legend

[javierferia]

Damn you! Now I have to read that trilogy asap! Great video, wonderful explanation, thanks a lot for an awesome content.

[elenajimenez]

Seeing your videos is making my "to read" list grow more and more. This trilogy sounds fantastic! I love your channel and I am so glad I found it. 😊

[TheCatholicSamurai]

Excellent series! I have watched two of your videos now (the first was on Amber) and your intros are legendary!

Edit: P.S. Your hair is amazing!

[FerSanchezArt]

I just have two words: thank you !!! And now as I have adhd, let me tell why hahah I discovered this author and then her series of books and learned each of them won best book of the year. And the writer is a person of color who’s the first one who received those awards three times in a row or something like that. I might be mixing a few things because I’m so excited about the video. But now you gave me that final push to buy them. I’d love to have a physical copy but in Argentina is kind of impossible to buy because a book might value the same as a month worth of food. So digital will be. Again, thank you for this video!!

[ayalee]

I've been watching your videos for a while now and I absolutely love them you convinced me to start both the Mistborn and the Witcher series and now this one too i love how you present the books without spoiling anything but still saying enough for us the viewers to know whether the book is for us or not
Much love and i wish you even more success with this channel

[brunobaerlepups]

Thank you!
I just read the first book and got addicted right away! Its interesting, exciting and clever and I really enjoyed the writing style. Looking forward to book 2 + 3 whcih I will read on my vacation starting tomorrow

[AshleyRebecca]

Moving this series up on my TBR! Thanks for the info as always!