Reviews - The Day the Sun Died

99 reviews for:

The Day the Sun Died

Yan Lianke

3.21 AVERAGE

clarkso6's review

4.0

I really liked how Lianke writes (I've read reviews that people hate this). I like the concept of the book. However, the two together felt odd and although I enjoyed the book, it's not a 5 star.

liesbethvv's review against another edition

0.5

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I cannot with this book.
0,5 points for the lovely cover (that of course tricked me into thinking I’d like it 😅)

divyashreesalvi's review against another edition

3.75

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

edulaia's review against another edition

1.5

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

caroline_norrish's review

3.5

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

curatoriallyyours's review against another edition

1.5

dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I straight up hated this book. It took half the book for the plot to get interesting enough to want to know what would happen (this is not an exaggeration - I struggled through the first half of this book, not wanting to pick it up) and the narrator kept repeating things over and over again and describing tableaus in excruciating detail for no plot-related reason. There were even one or two tableaus that the narrator definitely did not see, and yet they were described by the narrator as though he had seen them. I did not like the characters and was not invested in them enough to maintain motivation to keep picking this book up. I ploughed on because it was selected for a book club but I think I will be swearing off book clubs from now on because I have so many books I actually want to read that I cannot justify the time reading books I have no interest in.

lain_darko's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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peco's review

4.0

Very imaginative and interestingly written. But of a lull at the halfway mark but picks back up again to a very satisfying conclusion. I want to read more of this guy

albapascala's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

rbcajn's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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