Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

322 reviews

madscientistcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual content

saltyseakitten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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

Une fille grandit dans la poussière d’une terre desséchée auprès d’un père négligent et d’un frère destiné à la grandeur. Lorsque ce dernier meurt avant d’avoir accompli son destin, elle décide que c’est elle qui touchera la grandeur. Elle vole le nom de son frère et se met en route vers la première étape de son destin : le monastère interdit aux femmes.

Il souffle un vent épique sur ce roman de fantasy historique. J’ai bien apprécié la courte introduction éclairant le contexte historique dans lequel se déroule l’intrigue. Sans noyer le lectorat dans les informations, elle donne des repères bienvenus.

A mon sens, le plus grand succès de ce livre, c’est son personnage principal et toute sa complexité. Alors qu’elle n’est même pas nommée au début de l’histoire, Zhu s’impose assez rapidement comme une figure magnétique, dont la volonté inébranlable semble pouvoir déplacer des montagnes. Pourtant, rien n’est aisé. Son parcours est fascinant à suivre et m’a fait tourner les pages à toute vitesse. J’avoue avoir été moins captivée par les autres points de vue, même si j’ai aimé la nuance qu’ils apportaient. Le fait est que la dimension géopolitique du texte et ses nombreux personnages m’ont perdue. J’ai suivi les grandes lignes de l’intrigue, mais au bout d’un tiers du livre je ne savais plus quel personnage secondaire était qui et où allait son allégeance. J’ai pourtant continué, charmée par le personnage de Zhu. La fin, un peu rapide à mon goût, est clairement écrite pour donner envie de lire la suite de cette duologie. Je ne suis pas sûre de poursuivre car les machinations ne vont que se compliquer, mais je recommande chaudement ce roman aux amateurices de fantasy ou de fiction historique qui ne reculent pas devant la multiplicité des personnages.

Rep : personnage principal non-binaire, relation sapphique.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, and War

Moderate: Blood

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

hufsatee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and War

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

arysuh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense 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

3.75

Un livre terrible qui projette de terribles événements dans le 2e tome. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

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