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Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

115 reviews

romiress's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

A whole star taken off for that awful ending.

I absolutely hate books that just stop, leaving me feeling frustrated and wondering where the next bit is going to be.

My feelings are frankly a bit muddled about this book - it feels almost... generic? Tropey? Just with an added layer of something unique on top. I guess I just feel meh, completely uninvested in what I was reading. I think I'd describe it as a generic fantasy story, reskinned

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Homophobia, Child abuse, Animal death, and Sexual content

Minor: Transphobia

ambeltran's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Suicide and Injury/Injury detail

rachc's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Violence, War, and Confinement

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Physical abuse, and Xenophobia

sailorpulsar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Suicide, War, Alcoholism, Ableism, and Homophobia

clarabelitz's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

therainbowshelf'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? It's complicated

5.0

I really enjoyed this book and recommend it. The world building is amazing and the characters are so much fun. It was super fun reading from several characters' perspectives and anticipating their paths colliding cataclysmically! Who do you root for when one of your POV characters is out to kill another? 

📘The Gist 📘: In legends, the crow god ate the sun. Now, he's on a journey to do it again. The story follows seafaring Xiala and her passenger Serapio as they make their way toward Tova for its solstice celebration. At the same time, the sun priest of Tova prepares for the festivities dedicated to renewal and finds herself embroiled in a political plot that could destabilize peaceful tribal alliances. 

📒Representation📒: Indigenous mcs and culture, bipoc mcs, neo pronouns, a-spec mc, nonbinary and trans sc, blind mc

💕 For readers looking for 💕: Epic fantasy, tribe society and characters, legends, scary gods, crows, multiple POV characters, LGBTQ+ characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Racial slurs

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Suicide, Body horror, Racism, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Confinement

Minor: Cursing, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, and Slavery

juliafrat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Violence, and Murder

literarypenguin's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Black Sun is less of a novel and more like a reading experience. When you open to the first page and close to the last you are taken on a journey of epicness and excitement. This exceeds all expectations and is excellent in terms of a debut novel. This book was such a pleasure to read and will stick in my mind for years to come.

The world building. What can I say about the world building? It was beautiful and breathtaking! Every single location in the book was described perfectly and they all felt like real places in the world. Each place felt different and none of them felt duplicated or the same. Roanhorse has a great eye for detail and made each place it's own, she gave them character and attention. The places felt like they were characters as well as the characters themselves. I loved reading a new chapter and being introduced to a new place. You also learned about the types of people that lived in these places and what went on there. There were port towns that made their income on fishing, slum towns for the poor and low class and the more well developed places for the high class society. The diversity of locations was the best I have ever seen.

One of my favorite things in this book was the presentation of different cultures and people presented in this book. It was done beautifully and respectfully without losing your attention. It was amazing to read about Central American culture and how some of those beliefs were incorporated into the story. Roanhorse took inspiration from not just Central American culture but Indigenous Americans as well. It was very refreshing to see Indigenous culture be in the spotlight and to be a part of the story. The culture didnt take over the story, it became a part of the story and was done very well.

The characters were easily one of my favorite things about this book. I loved all of the characters and no character was the same, everyone was different. They all had their faults and weaknesses and no one was totally good or bad. They were all in a gray area just like all humans are. Just like humans, racism and discrimination was present in this book and was done in a respectful and well thought out way. I could believe these characters were actual people, I loved them.

The LGBTQ representation was off the charts lovely. There were bisexual, trans and non binary characters throughout this book. It was done in such a great way that the representation did not take over. The representation was there but it didnt drown out the story. I really appreciated that and felt like the author really did her research and cared enough about it the community to write them respectfully.

I do not want to write anymore because I dont want any spoilers but do give this book a go you will not regret it at all. If you want a new fantasy favorite then pick up Black Sun. You will love it from the first page to the last and make you wanting more after it is done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Suicide