Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

75 reviews

bersblue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, War, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Child abuse

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Colonisation, Child abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Ableism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body shaming, Violence, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Gore, and Slavery

shetland_pone's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Okay so, I'm not going to lie, this isn't a very good book. The plot isn't explained well and certain small things were introduced throughout the plot but barely explained or touched upon again.

So, why 4 stars? Because I had an absolute blast reading this. I loved it. It may not be objectively excellent but it is a fun one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Misogyny, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, War, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Ableism

kers_tin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual content, War, Sexism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Murder, Torture, Gore, Genocide, Animal death, Grief, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Dysphoria and Eating disorder

haleyisamess's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

This book was a great read. It was interesting and I had a hard time putting it down. But it was just so damn sad. 

I ended up hating both main characters by the end of the book but I guess that’s the point. The author did a good job of making us root for them even though they both ended up doing awful things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Blood, Death, Transphobia, War, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Torture, Sexual content, Sexism, Child abuse, and Cursing

orchidd's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Murder, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Slavery, Violence, and War

julesxyz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this book had me hooked from the first page, it’s now my favorite istg this book is liquid gold to my eyes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Vomit, War, and Violence

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

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