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Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

38 reviews

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was utterly phenomenal, holy cow. Gripping from beginning to end, and I cared so deeply for each of the characters. Serapio and Xiala’s story arc especially just ripped at my heart. I cannot wait to find out what happens in the second book, even if I am moderately terrified it’s going to be painful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, and Trafficking

catsy2022's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Death of parent

tahsintries's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Genocide, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Sexism

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If you are looking for an immersive, epic, non-Eurocentric fantasy adventure with some romance, and with characters that you are rooting for then please read Black Sun! This is also a fantastic audiobook! I did a combo of listening while reading a physical copy. Full cast narration is well done.

A joy to read. I truly loved the world Rebecca Roanhorse has created. I think my favorite thing is that with the multiple POVs you are really getting attached to all these characters because they are complex and interesting, but they are (seemingly) on opposing sides so you're just wondering how it's going to play out. I love the inclusion of a character list, and maps! the only thing that would've pushed it over the top was a little glossary since this is a high fantasy (I found myself a bit confused mainly on the hierarchy of The Watchers and The Sky Made Clans). 

As always check content warnings - there are some pretty dark things that happen, in particular with Serapio's backstory. The backdrop of the plot is political/religious tensions and power struggles.

This book also has fantastic LGBTQ+ and specifically nonbinary rep. There are unique non-gendered pronouns aside from she/her and he/him. Several of the characters are queer, and Xiala is definitely bi or pansexual.

It's definitely written as the first book in a series, so the ending is very unresolved, but in a way that you are just so excited to read the next books and find out what happens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Religious bigotry

mutilation/scarring (of a child)

sohva's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and War

booksthoughtsandtea's review

I cannot handle parents intensely yelling at their children. I also am not in the mood for a grim/dark fantasy. I plan to come back to this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

maxxdangers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, and Transphobia

shanekate's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

nicnevin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I found the book very interesting but some bits more interesting than others. Xiala and Serapio were my favourites tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism