A review by nightmarebees
He Who Drowned the World: A Novel by Shelley Parker-Chan

slow-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

twists and turns! intrigue! gender! betrayal! gay sex! i loved the addition of more perspectives, particularly madame zhang’s. i don’t usually love military-heavy fantasy and this kept me hooked. 

the only things keeping this from a full 5 for me are:
1) ma is my favorite and she got less page time here
2) some big character deaths felt anticlimactic

this duology whips ass. gonna be thinking about it for a while 
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