Reviews

Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan

shelbyalexandra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

theycallmebookish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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? No

5.0

This collection of short stories perfectly rounds out this duology. All the “I wish I knew happened” moments I had while reading the first two books as cured by reading this one. Not only were the stories beautifully written, per usual for Ms. Tan. But I also love how they were organized in a kind of prequel to sequel order and seemed to flow so well even though they picked up during different time periods. The illustrations were beautiful and matched so well to the imagery that Ms. Tan masterfully wrote. Story to put this duology to bed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

tessanick's review against another edition

4.0

(4.5/5) I’m such a Liwei hater lmao I rolled my eyes through his POVs but all of the others were amazing and the illustrations were gorgeous. The epilogue made me cry but I’m still glad it was separate from Heart of the Sun Warrior. I thought HotSW ended perfectly and these Tales were just a special treat!

manda_p's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

3.5

scribe391's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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

3.5

Nine short stories set in Celestial Kingdom.
A companion to the duology 

bckyflmn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

tjcossor's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

kaylajcj's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

suetruong's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

dreadawn1988's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

I love the illustrated cover of Tales of the Celestial Kingdom. I loved being back in the world and being back with the characters. Got some new povs from some of the other characters from the Celestial Kingdom.