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A review by sporemiette
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
sometimes the prose was really good and sometimes it felt clumsy. the dialogue especially was a toss up, although i think it got better as the book went on. one thing that i wasn't a fan of was the cursing in the narration, although that's something i don't like in any book. there were times when i felt like the crass nature of swearing contradicted whatever was going on in the actual scene. other than that the story was good and i especially like how the author handled gender identity and dysphoria ^^
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and War
Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol
Minor: Pedophilia, Excrement, and Pregnancy