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Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

18 reviews

cryosphinx's review

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? Yes

4.0

The strength of this book comes from the world building and the diversity of the characters. There's a complexity between the characters and the world and it tackles themes such as colonization in a high\epic fantasy setting. Where it loses is that it feels like a really long prologue to the next book. The pinnacle comes together at the end but the ending isn't super satisfying since it it does read like a prologue. The beginning was also slow especially after that first hard hitting first chapter. I've only read one or two short stories by Roanhorse but I do really love her writing story and I hope for more indigenous authors to enter the fantasy space.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Alcohol

instalovewithbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed learning about all the characters through this story and seeing it come together. I loved how Roanhorse explains the story as it goes but I really wish there was maps! I love fantasy maps, makes the world make more sense to me. I do really love learning more about the 3 POVs and seeing how everything comes together. 💜 Cant wait to start book 2!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content

moonytoast's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Sexism, and Vomit

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, and War

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Death of parent

read_with_riley's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ash_ton's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Suicide, Vomit, and Alcohol

tinysierra's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

“Today he would become a god. His mother had told him so.” pg 1

An amazing epic fantasy with intriguing diverse characters. Wow. Also… mermaids! Giant crows!

There was a mix of character driven and plot driven moments. I felt like there was a lot of slow/medium paced moments where there was more focus on character development/interactions but it did pick up in some places with more plot related aspects. It kept my attention either way. 

The timeline hopped around a bit, jumping back into the past and then forward into the present. Slowly putting the pieces together. The chapters had the date along with experts from in world media (like journal entries), which really added to my immersion.

I liked Xiala and Serapio’s chapters the most. It was nice to see the story through a blind characters perspective. I hope to see more about Xiala’s powers in the next book.

In this book, queer characters are accepted in some of the societies but not others. There are characters that use neopronouns (xe/xir)! Xiala mentions that she takes pleasure with “men, women, and other genders” which I assume means that she’s bi or pan. 

The ending was fast and admittedly a little anticlimactic but I don’t find myself feeling disappointed. I’m curious about where the story is going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Biphobia, Confinement, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicide, Lesbophobia, and War

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, and Abandonment

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, and War

mariebrunelm's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

It's epic! It's queer! It's not set in a Western Middle-Ages village!
Black Sun is a fast-paced, high-stakes, multiple-points-of-view fantasy inspired by Pre-Columbian civilizations of South America. We follow a priestess preparing the highly important ceremonies of the Convergence, a captain whose luck soars and plummets with equal force, and a young whose destiny has the dark, sleek feathers of a crow. Each one is a pleasure to follow across the streets, waters and airs of this novel that I found hard to put down. The short chapters introduced by glimpses of world-building helped, for sure. I was worried I would be completely lost in the ins and outs of a complex world, but the author manages to blend seamlessly her character focus with the twists and turns of the story (of which there are many). A very, very enjoyable read! I don't know if I'll continue with book 2 (it's quite rare when I do), but I had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed Black Sun's refreshing diversity. Some parts (especially the gruesome first scene) reminded me of N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season, so you may want to look that way for similar vibes).
Rep: bi, non-binary (using neo-pronouns), trans characters. Blind character. No white character that I noticed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

jamielikestoread's review

emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Vomit