Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

46 reviews

abitbetterbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery

sadiaa's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

2.75

I listened to this as an audiobook, it was the only way to get through it. I kept picking it up and putting it down, I didn't feel interested by it, the only reason I finished it was because I borrowed it from the library. I felt that the pacing was so slow and that the book could have been shorter, lots of added detail that was slowing my interest. Don't think I'll read the sequel but glad I finally got this off my tbr list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

fabichirinos'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: War

readbyella_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

heuteschongekurtet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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: Sexual content, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Genocide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Classism

fe_aye's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a cool story of two people who are outcasted by society and their struggle to rise above their station and the various ways that objective screws with their heads and their emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

memoriast's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

Truly an epic. Extremely immersive, emotionally devastating in the best way, and an amazing exploration of gender.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Slavery, Excrement, and Vomit

shetland_pone's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

Okay so, I'm not going to lie, this isn't a very good book. The plot isn't explained well and certain small things were introduced throughout the plot but barely explained or touched upon again.

So, why 4 stars? Because I had an absolute blast reading this. I loved it. It may not be objectively excellent but it is a fun one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Ableism

haleyisamess's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

4.25

This book was a great read. It was interesting and I had a hard time putting it down. But it was just so damn sad. 

I ended up hating both main characters by the end of the book but I guess that’s the point. The author did a good job of making us root for them even though they both ended up doing awful things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Blood, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail