Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

44 reviews

samugranjo's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The focus of this book is desire, this desire obtains different shapes but usually there's a pursue of power involved. The author wrote about humans relationship with desire incredibly.
The characters are lovable at times but with most of them you are gonna feel annoyed too, feel like they have went too far. You both understand them and want to stop them.
The way the author writes about gender is outstanding, I was surprised by how much I related to this book as a genderqueer person. There's also some representation in the ace spectrum that I think was done well considering how little space it had.
Overall really recommend this read, and have to end this review by praising the writing in this novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, War, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Slavery, Torture, Alcohol, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Vomit

caitlinbutcher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

I’m honestly speechless. This was one of the most elaborate, sweeping, and epic books I have ever read. 
I was hoping for a little bit more fantasy elements, but with how amazing this book was I honestly didn’t mind at all. 
This book has it all: politics, complex characters, character growth, sapphic romance, mystery, inspiration, beautiful action sequences, and plot twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, War, Body shaming, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Misogyny

Minor: Cursing and Sexual violence

josiev_08's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and War

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

4.25

Dark and powerful, this is not a book to be read lightly. The world of 14th century China is harsh, torn by famine and war, and merciless towards women, who are deemed worthless, nothing. Zhu defies this fate, adopting her dead brother’s name and identity to rise through the ranks of a monastery and the military. Her foil is the eunuch general of the Mongol army, desperately grasping for power and honor in a world that stripped him of it. Fans of The Poppy War will likely enjoy this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Cursing

Minor: Animal death and Sexual content

fiveredhens's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

i started this and i was like "oh this is all right" and then the last quarter of the book happened and murdered me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, War, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Dysphoria

Minor: Cursing and Rape

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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

4.0

War epics are not my cup of tea, but if they're yours you might enjoy this one! Set in ancient China and packed with destiny, epic battles, political intrigue, betrayal, the occasional ghost, and clashes between Chinese and Mongol powers, this book tells the epic story of a girl who didn't starve to death claiming a name and destiny that might not have been hers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Death, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Gore, Torture, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Outing, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Grief, Homophobia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and War

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Child death, Death of parent, Cursing, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Grief, and Death

Minor: Animal death, Excrement, Ableism, Bullying, and Vomit

criticalbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Death, Sexism, Ableism, Misogyny, Torture, War, Cursing, Death of parent, and Grief

nebulasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, and Violence

ate_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death, Murder, Sexism, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, Animal death, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, and War