Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

18 reviews

isleoflinds's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Outing, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide and Abandonment

mariadanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

rowanasm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Ableism, Violence, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Racism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexism, Medical trauma, Death, Child death, Animal cruelty, War, Alcohol, Outing, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Grief, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Blood

britgirlreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Outing

sunsetcity's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gore, Trafficking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Sexism, Body horror, Colonisation, War, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, and Torture

yamumsnotproud's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious 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? No

2.75

Adheres to the old adage of ‘rooting for the underdog,’ and for the first 75% of the book you do. After that the desire of the main character moves from ambitious to megalomaniacal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Ableism, Body shaming, and Sexism

Moderate: War

Minor: Classism and Slavery

feyra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, War, and Violence

fictionfixer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Shelley Parker-Chan’s She Who Became the Sun is a masterful work that first builds the deep, desperate desire residing within Zhu Chongba, showcases their resilience and strategy, and critiques the systems that failed them–all in order to lead me into following Zhu and their cause, before wrenching my heart out with its still-beating-heart-wrenching turning point. 

It weaves each character’s story with purpose and highlights how in war, in desperation, in love, there are no absolutes, and that more often, a compromise is necessary to survive. Yet, as brutal as the story gets, there are moments of quiet, accompanied by elegant prose that exude emotion out of its lyricism. 

Overall, She Who Became the Sun is a strong debut and I look forward to the second book of The Radiant Emperor duology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, War, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Cursing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child death and Torture