A review by braveprincess11
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I went into this book with no knowledge and no expectations - and it absolutely blew me away. To think that this is a DEBUT novel… Shelley Parker-Chan is a literary genius.
At the end of the first chapter, I still didn’t quite understand what I was in for, but by the end of Part 1, I was HOOKED.
Their ability to write such unique and compelling characters who experience gender, desire, and ambition in such similar and yet opposing ways, all while working in the confines of an extremely patriarchal society…
I’m desperate for the next book already
At the end of the first chapter, I still didn’t quite understand what I was in for, but by the end of Part 1, I was HOOKED.
Their ability to write such unique and compelling characters who experience gender, desire, and ambition in such similar and yet opposing ways, all while working in the confines of an extremely patriarchal society…
I’m desperate for the next book already
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and War
Moderate: Racism and Ableism
Minor: Colonisation