A review by cassidy_c
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

4.0

"The reason that I follow him is because out of everyone I've met, he is the only one that when the world didn't allow a place for him as he was, he refused to accept it, and vowed instead, to change the world."
- Ma

I liked this book a lot, even though I didn't know what was going on half the time. I loved that we got to know a bit more about Ouyang and their relationship while kind of cute at first, became such a complicated and deep connection. I also just love Zhu so much, she is such a rich character, in every aspect of her life I feel very connected to her, and I really love her personality, wisdom, and spirit. 

'A slave was supposed to be an unseen, voiceless object, but Zhu's pain spilling into the world, proclaimed her a person.'

All in all, a devastating and complex story that carries a lot of hidden messages and even though my brain was fogging out toward the end, I will probably be thinking about this book a lot.

TW: sexual abuse/rape, graphic SH