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**Article: A Deep Dive into Sam's Review of "The Stone Sky" by N.K. Jemisin**

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In this article, we will explore the full transcription of Sam's spoilery review of *The Stone Sky* by N.K. Jemisin. This article is not a summary but rather an adaptation of the entire text, ensuring that every part of the transcription is fully developed into readable sections.

### Introduction to Sam's Review

Sam begins the video with a spoilery gush about *The Stone Sky*, the final book in N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy. From the start, it's clear that Sam was completely unprepared for what this book would bring. They mention that they had no theories or expectations going into the series, which they believe is a good thing because it prevented any possibility of disappointment. However, *The Stone Sky* ended up being more than just a surprise—it was an emotional journey that tugged at Sam’s heartstrings throughout.

### Character Development: The Growth of Soon

One of the key aspects of the book that Sam highlights is the character development of Soon (the main character). Sam explains how the story begins with Soon realizing she can no longer continue her lone wolf ways. She has to find a community, and this realization is something that resonates deeply with Sam. The idea that Soon needs to stop isolating herself and start building connections with others is portrayed beautifully in the book.

Throughout the first part of the book, Soon is questioned by everyone around her about her inability to let go of her anger and her tendency to "tear the world down." Sam loved seeing this character development because it showed growth and vulnerability. However, this journey doesn't come without its struggles. Sam points out that soon learns she can’t continue on her old path and must find a way to balance her anger with a more constructive approach.

### Emotional Impact: The Harsh Realities of Loss

As the story progresses, the emotional impact on Sam becomes evident. They mention how the book deals with loss in ways they never expected. One of the most poignant moments is when Soon loses parts of her body—first her arm and then her breasts. Sam admits that this part of the story hit them hard because they work with cancer patients and women who have undergone mastectomies. The emotional weight of these losses was overwhelming, and Sam couldn’t help but feel for Soon as she navigates these traumas.

The way in which Hawaa (one of the stone eaters) lovingly cares for Soon despite not knowing everything about her adds another layer to the story. Their relationship is complex and beautiful, and Sam found it fascinating how the backstory of the stone eaters was revealed. The fact that they all knew each other and had a shared history made the sciency aspects of the story even more intriguing.

### Relationships and Backstory: Awe-Inspiring Dynamics

Sam also touches on their evolving relationship with Shafa, another character who starts off as someone they feel ambivalent about. However, through the story, Sam begins to develop empathy for him, which is something they never expected. The dynamics between Soon and Shafa are explored in depth, with Soon viewing him almost as a father figure because she couldn’t be a loving mother herself. This adds another layer of complexity to her character arc.

The absence of traditional villains in the story is another point Sam highlights. While there are antagonistic forces at play (such as "Father Earth"), the lack of a clear-cut villain makes the story more nuanced and thought-provoking. Instead, the focus is on the internal struggles and growth of the characters, which Sam found to be one of the book's greatest strengths.

### The Ending: A Perfectly Executed Conclusion

The ending of *The Stone Sky* is described as "perfectly executed" by Sam. They mention how the story ties everything together in a way that feels inevitable yet stunning. One of the most emotional moments is when Soon realizes her daughter loves her, leading to a heart-wrenching conclusion where she turns into stone. Sam admits they knew this moment would be emotional but were still unprepared for just how deeply it would move them.

The book also deals with the loss of loved ones as Soon and her companions travel through the earth. These losses are significant because they mirror the repeated traumas Soon has experienced throughout the series, particularly regarding her children being killed or manipulated into horrific situations. This adds a layer of poignancy to her struggles and makes her ultimate growth all the more impactful.

### The Emotional Journey: A Millennia-Long Process

Sam emphasizes that *The Stone Sky* is not just a standalone story but part of a millennia-long process. The way the series builds over time, with each book adding depth and layers to the world and its characters, is something Sam deeply appreciated. The ending feels like a culmination of everything that has come before, making it all the more satisfying.

### Romantic Relationships: A Minor but Beautiful Element

While romantic relationships are a minor part of the story, Sam still found them to be a beautiful aspect of the book. They express a strong connection between certain characters and wish there were more fan art depicting these moments or the stunning landscapes of Jemisin’s world. As it stands, Sam feels that the series doesn’t get enough visual representation, which is a source of frustration for them.

### The Call to Read More N.K. Jemisin

Finally, Sam expresses their eagerness to dive into Jemisin’s other works, specifically *The Dreambloodilogy*. They mention that they don’t currently own it but plan to prioritize acquiring it soon. For anyone looking to continue their journey through Jemisin’s world, Sam highly recommends exploring her other works.

### Conclusion: A Book That Leaves a Lasting Impression

In conclusion, Sam’s review of *The Stone Sky* is a heartfelt and emotional exploration of a book that left them deeply moved. From the character development of Soon to the beautifully executed ending, this final installment of the Broken Earth Trilogy is a testament to Jemisin’s ability to weave together complex themes, relationships, and world-building in a way that resonates with readers on a profound level.

If you haven’t read *The Stone Sky* yet, Sam urges you to check out their spoiler-free review first. But if you’ve already experienced the book, we’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below! Thank you all for watching, and stay tuned for more content.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys it's Sam and this is my spoilery gush for the stone sky by NK jemisin as I said this video will have spoilers in it so if you haven't read this book go ahead and check out my spoiler free review which blinked on the screen so like I said my review this book just tugged at my heart and was everything that I was one thing even though I had no expectations for it I'm never able to predict anything about this series so I didn't go in with any kind of theories expectations anything which i think is great because then I had no way of being disappointed but this just pulled and my heart the entire time because I was nervous in the entire time I really loved how started out with a soon kind of realizing throughout the first part of the book that she can't continue jumping around and she has to have a community and this community that she's with is the community that she would like to stick with and that she's being questioned by everyone around her as far as like you can't be this lone wolf anymore like you can't this is not good for you it's not good for anyone else you can't do this you can't just kill everybody without having any idea about what the impact is gonna be like you just you have to kind of let go a little bit of that anger like still remain angry but stop trying to kind of like tear the world down and I really liked seeing that character development with her but speaking of developments like hurt her like losing her body parts I can't NK jemisin notice I just hate you because first was the arm but then one like the breasts go I just work a lot with like cancer patients and women who have mastectomy and so I was thinking about like those kinds of emotions and I was just like oh my god this is like literally an amputation I I cannot and she was like that was you know the breast that like in a soon loved more and it was just like Oh God like it was it was just a lot and what I wasn't expecting it and just also how Hawaa is like doing this all lovingly and she doesn't know everything about him and getting his backstory also was really interesting like I was not expecting him to be I didn't have any combinations of histone eaters so like getting all of that and seeing that like the the red one is at the redhead one or whatever the other stone eater like they all knew each other and like they were the ones that were pressed before and all that like sciency stuff that was mixed in with like the older world and all that was really cool but just how he liked lovingly ate her like body parts it sounds so weird but it was like so beautiful also the stuff with shafa and he was always a character that I always felt so Leiria because I knew about him before obviously you know about him with like soon growing up and whatever and he's a character that I started sort of started to have like a empathy for which was like so bizarre because I never would predicted that and just like what as soon realized that soon loved him as like a father figure because she couldn't be a loving mother it was just like uh like all of these like parental figure things was something that I wasn't expecting but that I loved I mentioned in my review that I saw in the author's note about how an kittens mother was passing away when she was writing this and man can you feel that like throughout this like oh man so that was just beautiful and very interesting just all these characters like there's never really a villain I mean yes you have like Father earth being like bad or whatever but there's never really a villain and just like the magic of the earth or all the stuff that I just really enjoyed I was expecting to see alabaster again as like his stone guy but that didn't happen but I was definitely hoping but what it's all coming to a head and you realize that like I soon and they sooner have to go up against one another and like as soon sees how like her daughter's kind of the monster she created but also the experiences created her and how she's being manipulated by one of like who was like former friends and how all decides together that's so beautiful and the loss was there so you know you have like when they're going through the earth that they like lose people there and she again loses another like lover which is just something that she has happened all the time and she's like so afraid to lose another child because you've had this repeated trauma of her children being killed or her having to harm her children so that they won't be manipulated into horrible things so like when her and her daughter are facing off she's like I can't do this like and that's just her character arc that she's finally come to she's like I can do this and like when this student realizes like her mother loves her and she turns to stone and like the face and a man I was so emotional and I knew I would be but it was just like I was not expecting these like mom feels like one so that was just it's perfect the ending was just so perfectly executed I just adored it and I just it was so interesting to see everything and how everything led to this and how it's been like a millennia long process and it's just so good and then I have to mention even though I said that like the romantic relationships are just a small part of this book and they are but I really ship like her and how I like a lot and just like the love there and the bond there and then she comes back I don't either like she like agree I just really loved it and there's not enough fan art for this series at all I know you guys feel the injustice too because it isn't injustice why is anyone drawing the beautiful photos with the beautiful art like where is it not even just for the ship stuff because it's like so minor but like just the beautiful like landscapes and as soon being great I've only seen like five really good ones and that's definitely not enough and I am just very traumatized because I was hurt by this book in a good way and then I wanted to go like recover on tumblr with fan art and there's nothing so yes I love and adore this book I love endure the series and now I have to read everything NK jemisin has ever written and ever will write so my next read for an economist is gonna be the dream blood do ology I don't own it yet so it's not gonna happen quite yet so please don't ask because I have to own it first but that one speaks to me the most and let people said it is it a good one to go to next so yeah that one looks very dark and twisty and you know how I feel about that so I'm very excited to continue my NK jemisin love and journey so comment below let me know what you thought of the stone sky thank you all for watchinghey guys it's Sam and this is my spoilery gush for the stone sky by NK jemisin as I said this video will have spoilers in it so if you haven't read this book go ahead and check out my spoiler free review which blinked on the screen so like I said my review this book just tugged at my heart and was everything that I was one thing even though I had no expectations for it I'm never able to predict anything about this series so I didn't go in with any kind of theories expectations anything which i think is great because then I had no way of being disappointed but this just pulled and my heart the entire time because I was nervous in the entire time I really loved how started out with a soon kind of realizing throughout the first part of the book that she can't continue jumping around and she has to have a community and this community that she's with is the community that she would like to stick with and that she's being questioned by everyone around her as far as like you can't be this lone wolf anymore like you can't this is not good for you it's not good for anyone else you can't do this you can't just kill everybody without having any idea about what the impact is gonna be like you just you have to kind of let go a little bit of that anger like still remain angry but stop trying to kind of like tear the world down and I really liked seeing that character development with her but speaking of developments like hurt her like losing her body parts I can't NK jemisin notice I just hate you because first was the arm but then one like the breasts go I just work a lot with like cancer patients and women who have mastectomy and so I was thinking about like those kinds of emotions and I was just like oh my god this is like literally an amputation I I cannot and she was like that was you know the breast that like in a soon loved more and it was just like Oh God like it was it was just a lot and what I wasn't expecting it and just also how Hawaa is like doing this all lovingly and she doesn't know everything about him and getting his backstory also was really interesting like I was not expecting him to be I didn't have any combinations of histone eaters so like getting all of that and seeing that like the the red one is at the redhead one or whatever the other stone eater like they all knew each other and like they were the ones that were pressed before and all that like sciency stuff that was mixed in with like the older world and all that was really cool but just how he liked lovingly ate her like body parts it sounds so weird but it was like so beautiful also the stuff with shafa and he was always a character that I always felt so Leiria because I knew about him before obviously you know about him with like soon growing up and whatever and he's a character that I started sort of started to have like a empathy for which was like so bizarre because I never would predicted that and just like what as soon realized that soon loved him as like a father figure because she couldn't be a loving mother it was just like uh like all of these like parental figure things was something that I wasn't expecting but that I loved I mentioned in my review that I saw in the author's note about how an kittens mother was passing away when she was writing this and man can you feel that like throughout this like oh man so that was just beautiful and very interesting just all these characters like there's never really a villain I mean yes you have like Father earth being like bad or whatever but there's never really a villain and just like the magic of the earth or all the stuff that I just really enjoyed I was expecting to see alabaster again as like his stone guy but that didn't happen but I was definitely hoping but what it's all coming to a head and you realize that like I soon and they sooner have to go up against one another and like as soon sees how like her daughter's kind of the monster she created but also the experiences created her and how she's being manipulated by one of like who was like former friends and how all decides together that's so beautiful and the loss was there so you know you have like when they're going through the earth that they like lose people there and she again loses another like lover which is just something that she has happened all the time and she's like so afraid to lose another child because you've had this repeated trauma of her children being killed or her having to harm her children so that they won't be manipulated into horrible things so like when her and her daughter are facing off she's like I can't do this like and that's just her character arc that she's finally come to she's like I can do this and like when this student realizes like her mother loves her and she turns to stone and like the face and a man I was so emotional and I knew I would be but it was just like I was not expecting these like mom feels like one so that was just it's perfect the ending was just so perfectly executed I just adored it and I just it was so interesting to see everything and how everything led to this and how it's been like a millennia long process and it's just so good and then I have to mention even though I said that like the romantic relationships are just a small part of this book and they are but I really ship like her and how I like a lot and just like the love there and the bond there and then she comes back I don't either like she like agree I just really loved it and there's not enough fan art for this series at all I know you guys feel the injustice too because it isn't injustice why is anyone drawing the beautiful photos with the beautiful art like where is it not even just for the ship stuff because it's like so minor but like just the beautiful like landscapes and as soon being great I've only seen like five really good ones and that's definitely not enough and I am just very traumatized because I was hurt by this book in a good way and then I wanted to go like recover on tumblr with fan art and there's nothing so yes I love and adore this book I love endure the series and now I have to read everything NK jemisin has ever written and ever will write so my next read for an economist is gonna be the dream blood do ology I don't own it yet so it's not gonna happen quite yet so please don't ask because I have to own it first but that one speaks to me the most and let people said it is it a good one to go to next so yeah that one looks very dark and twisty and you know how I feel about that so I'm very excited to continue my NK jemisin love and journey so comment below let me know what you thought of the stone sky thank you all for watching\n"