Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

354 reviews

nusta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, and Sexual content

chrisb913's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was everything I was expecting and more.

From page one I was hooked and could not stop turning the page. I absolutely loved the darker tones in this book. I couldn't help cheering on the main characters even though I wasn't sure if they were the hero or the villain.

I also really loved the way Shelley also talked about the social construct surrounding gender not only with Zhu but also Ouyang.

I will definitely be picking up book 2 and looking into future works by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Child death and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Slavery, and Death of parent

littleskylights's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

dreamweaver's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: War

Minor: Murder

otds's review against another edition

3.5

Feels like it moves a little more slowly than I would have liked, but there's a lot of investing gender stuff. Otherwise not bad, and I feel like it's a good sign if a book has me going to Wikipedia to look stuff up. It's pretty tame for most of the book, but gets very securely explicit towards the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

lady_valhella's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child death, Misogyny, Sexual content, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rynaissanceenby's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

An interesting and thoughtful exploration of gender and fate. It has the makings to be a real classic that is read in English classes for decades (though society isn't probably ready for it quite yet). I listened to the audiobook, which I think made it harder to keep track of the different characters and settings, which detracted from the story, but it was still enjoyable and I caught the major plot points. I'm excited to find out what happens in the next book. I also get the sense that there's a lot more layers to this story than at first glance if one were to put in the time to dig into it and think about the symbolism and themes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Dysphoria

kharlan3's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Outing, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

k_aro's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Very very good historical fiction/fantasy. I really like the way the book handles gender, the separation of the sexes, and the mirrors that exist within that kind of space.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Child death, Outing, and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism and Animal death

Many questions around these content warnings exist because it's a historical fiction book that pretty violently diverges from real life. Is it transphobia if he's a eunuch?

persephonefoxx's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture and Death of parent