Reviews with content warning for Animal death - Black Sun

Okay I saw this book explained that it feels like one giant prologue and that’s so true!! BUT it isn’t bad at all. This book is so strange in how it feels like almost nothing happened but you also just easily fly through and are engrossed. It does feel like the book ended right when the plot started but the characters were engrossing and interesting and the way has definitely been paved for the next book.

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adventurous reflective 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

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romiress's review against another edition

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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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taelights's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Honestly I really struggled to get into this book. The story and world really confused me a lot and before I switched to the audiobook and started over that way I had no idea what was happening while reading. Then when I started to come around to the book they hit me with the annoying horny instant love between a het couple I cared nothing about and honestly ruined for me the only character I was starting to actually like by making her a love interest for literally no reason and pairing her with fucking Serapio. The romance just annoyed me so fucking much and added literally nothing to the book. I would have liked the book a lot more without it but no we had to have a boring basic het romance in a book that didn't need romance at all.

Objectively the book was well written. The overall story had some good moments and the ending was very tense and exciting to read but until then the book mostly dragged for me and I didn't like most of the main characters.

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therainbowshelf's review against another edition

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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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