Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

76 reviews

culown's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

English is not my first language so the elaborate vocabulary was kinda hard to follow at times. 
The plot was definitely interesting, but the book was too fcking long omg
I almost dnfed it 150 pages in 

Zhu killing the kid was unexpected and i kinda hated her for it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Death, and Slavery

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Body shaming, Colonisation, Violence, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Blood, and Racism

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Animal death

qwerty88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Murder, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Violence, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Colonisation, Death of parent, Grief, Ableism, Child death, Animal death, Death, Medical trauma, Outing, and Alcohol

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Violence, Transphobia, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexism, Xenophobia, War, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Colonisation, and Misogyny

Minor: Gore, Slavery, Excrement, and Animal death

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Misogyny, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Sexism, and War

Minor: Dysphoria

ye_li's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

It's a very speculative story. Fate, desire—it drives them to the ground. The higher they climb, the longer the fall will be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Classism, War, Child abuse, Death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual content

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

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

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Murder, War, Sexual content, Dysphoria, and Gore

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Body shaming, Genocide, and Colonisation

lowen46's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Colonisation, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Child death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Slavery