[Oldmanmatt]

The Broken Earth trilogy, by N K Jemisin, an epic and absorbing set, that is better viewed as three volumes, since they don’t stand well alone. Not entirely sure if it’s Sci-fi or Fantasy, it often has a palpable “Lord of the Rings” vibe, as the characters trek the “Stillness” a far future super continent of Earth.
All three books won the Hugo on release, making her the first author to win over three consecutive years. She has four Hugos to date…
The depth of the characters and the detail of the world and “history” she weaves, is incredible. Quite the Asimov/Tolkien heir.

[andy popp]

The Year of the Locust I don't think I posted about this before, so apologies if I did. Enormous fun; it's really silly, but I enjoyed it in a similar way to a trashy movie (author is a Hollywood screenwriter, of Cliffhanger amongst others).

For a moment, I was wait, there's no way Nathanael West wrote Cliffhanger, he died in 1940. Then I spotted the subtle difference in the title. West wrote The Day of the Locust, which is in fact about a Hollywood screenwriter (which is what West was) and is a rather brilliant, slightly pulpy minor classic. One of the characters also provided the name for a certain famous cartoon dad.

[Fiend]

The Broken Earth trilogy, by N K Jemisin, an epic and absorbing set, that is better viewed as three volumes, since they don’t stand well alone. Not entirely sure if it’s Sci-fi or Fantasy, it often has a palpable “Lord of the Rings” vibe, as the characters trek the “Stillness” a far future super continent of Earth.
All three books won the Hugo on release, making her the first author to win over three consecutive years. She has four Hugos to date…
The depth of the characters and the detail of the world and “history” she weaves, is incredible. Quite the Asimov/Tolkien heir.

Sounds good. Then I remembered reading it a few years ago, it was kinda good but also, hmmm, something, maybe a bit over-the-top? I dunno. Anyway I did read it!

[Duma]

Well I've got the first one on the kobo so will report back.

[Rocksteady]

The Broken Earth trilogy, by N K Jemisin, an epic and absorbing set, that is better viewed as three volumes, since they don’t stand well alone. Not entirely sure if it’s Sci-fi or Fantasy, it often has a palpable “Lord of the Rings” vibe, as the characters trek the “Stillness” a far future super continent of Earth.
All three books won the Hugo on release, making her the first author to win over three consecutive years. She has four Hugos to date…
The depth of the characters and the detail of the world and “history” she weaves, is incredible. Quite the Asimov/Tolkien heir.

I read the first book and thought 'meh'. Maybe part of the problem was all the Hugos and the hype so I was expecting it to be amazing. I thought it was pretty average middle of the road fantasy with some fashionable tropes.
Maybe I should try again a few years later - at University I didn't enjoy Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea books which have later become some of my favourites.