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Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

19 reviews

scam_lark's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, War, Abandonment, Misogyny, Body horror, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Torture, Alcohol, and Murder

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

bodiesinbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Slavery and Cursing

troisha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Vomit, and Suicide

mikki_9's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

I am beyond words. I love this book. LOVE.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Thank you to LibroFm for the ALC of this book. 
This is a fantasy of absolutely epic proportions.  I loved every single bit of it. Xiala is one of my new favorite characters of all time. I was immediately hooked on her storyline and character development.

I also loved Serapio and his story. There is so much going on there, and he is such an interesting character.

The plot of this book really took me by surprise. There was so much going on, from political rivalries, to religious sects, to sirens and villains and cults and everything, but it all flowed together really well.

Roanhorse's writing is delightful and accessible. I absolutely love how well she incorporates so much world-building in without making it feel like exposition drops or overly explanatory writing.

Honestly this book was incredible and I can't wait for the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

ehmannky's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

I found the first half of the book to be kind of a slow start as all of the world building is put into place and you get acquainted to the many different point of view characters and their situations (this is not a criticism of either, it just takes time to do this), but once you hit that halfway mark it just zooms right along. I couldn't put it down. The political intrigue, the wild religious stuff and the cult magic, the wonderful relationship between Serapio and Xiala, and everything that Naranpa was up to was just so much fun to read. I feel like the tragedy of being the subject of prophecy and the person everyone puts their hopes on to save (or break) the world was just so up front and center, and I can't wait to read the next installment. 

Among the many things that I appreciated about this book, beyond it just being a really good epic fantasy, is that the world is so effortlessly queer.

 

It was just as good the second time around! I still didn't care about the Okoa chapters that much, but overall this is such a good series.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Death of parent, Blood, Child abuse, Genocide, Violence, Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Biphobia, Drug use, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Sexism, Animal death, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit

whysomanysams's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Homophobia

maddiebusick's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I really loved the world the author built. I found myself liking the "villain" better than many of the other main characters who I didn't connect with very much. The ending is a cliffhanger, I'm intrigued to see if the author will come out with a sequel anytime soon. If not a bit of a disappointing ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Animal death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism and Kidnapping