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Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

14 reviews

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Characters: 5 stars
Plot: 5 stars
Worldbuilding: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Cursing

bookishbutch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Genocide, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Biphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Thanks to Saga Press for the free advance copy of this book. 

✨MINI REVIEW✨ 
A ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose song can calm the waters around her as easily as it can warp a man’s mind. Her ship carries one passenger. Described as harmless, the passenger, Serapio, is a young man, blind, scarred, and cloaked in destiny. (via Goodreads) 📚
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Things I liked:
📚 Casual queerness - pansexuality, gender neutral pronouns, trans characters, and none of it even factors into the main plot
📚 A big, sprawling world with intricate tribal history and relations
📚 Political intrigue, but not too much
📚 Visceral images - I could feel and smell and taste this world
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Things I didn't like:
📚 THAT CLIFFHANGER, I NEED BOOK 2 NOW!
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Content warnings: suicide, sexual harassment, substance abuse, gambling, murder, death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual assault, and Suicide