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She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

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bookwormbi's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging 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

4.5

giugiufio's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring 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

3.75

eleanorcats's review against another edition

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3.0

Questions of who and what controls fate and destiny swarm this novel. You find yourself walking away thinking about it for hours. The characters and their motives are so unique and the author does an incredible job of spinning the web connecting and foiling them together. The themes of gender and identity leave your heart aching.

emmleo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Ikke det jeg forventet, men likte den uansett. Fantasy elementene var mer i bakgrunnen. Spennende skildring av en Zhus quest for overlevelse og deretter storhet. Mange karakterer jeg likte, spesielt Ma. Ouyang og Esen sitt forhold var komplekst og fengende. Likte refleksjonene rundt kjønn til spesielt Zhu og Ouyang. Jeg likte hvordan de to ble satt opp mot hverandre på en måte. Fengende handling og ble investert i karakterene. Noe minus syns jeg at det ikke alltid var like mye fokus på Zhu, savnet litt mer dybde rundt hennes motivasjon. Og det gikk noe tregt til tider. Vil nok lese bok 2.

busystressedbutbookblessed's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.5

adelriesgo's review against another edition

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2.25

Quotes:

🐉“Desire is the cause of all suffering”🐉

🥷“She didn’t just want greatness. She wanted the world”🥷

Thoughts:

Overall I loved Chu’s competitiveness, determination, and her like need to be better than what her brother could have been. Greatness is her fate because that’s what she deserves SLAYYY QUEEN!

The change in perspectives felt very abrupt, but over all I like the dimension it gave the story! I really liked Ma (the first kiss between them…so so cute).

The imagery Shelley was able to create is so disgustingly good like I’m grossed out at the fight scenes gore and that’s really hard to do in writing!!

It’s been extremely difficult for me to keep track of all the characters it’s very similar to game of thrones where they throw them all at you and hope your remember them LOL The writing style is also very different then the normal book I usually gravitate towards so it’s been hard to get into, I’ve had to listen to the audio book more than actually reading it because I need to be doing things and retaining the story

Other thoughts I had ~including spoilers~

The fight between Chu and the eunuch was so good…
I really shipped Chu at the monastery with her guy friend that she calls big brother LMAO and the fact that after the eunuch cuts off chu’s hand and he was with her the entirety of that time in the wagon or carrying her just melts my heart a little bit. Like I know Chu is married to Ma… but idkkk
IM ABOUT TO CRY HIM SAYING HED KILL THE DOCTOR THAT REVIVED CHU IF SHE WANTED HIM TO BC THE DR FOUND OUT CHUS A WOMAN I AM TEARING UPPP
Ma and Chu getting it on 👀😳
5 FINGERS?!?!?!? WHAT TO THE WRIST
CHU KILLING THE PRIME MINISTER 😮
The Prince saying he loved the eunuch more than his own brother 😭
Chu a child killer skksks