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Lui che annegò il mondo by Shelley Parker-Chan

243 reviews

katdawg7's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 49%

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence

jordiehp's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Shelley Parker-Chan is dangerously talented. I found my heart aching for characters who are, for all intents and purposes, terrible human beings. Terrible... and yet still human beings. Parker-Chan walks a delicate line of never excusing or justifying the heinous acts of some of these characters. (The characters themselves definitely try, though, and it costs them dearly.)

The Radiant Emperor duology is a beautiful exploration of gender, ambition, grief, and hope. Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Dysphoria, War

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, War

Minor: Child death, Gore, Miscarriage, Slavery, Torture, Abortion, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

lizziaha's review against another edition

5.0

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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good fucking soup. The way that Shelley Parker-Chan writes about people and the relationships they have is just so delicious. I can’t wait to read more from them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, Transphobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Classism

kers_tin's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, War

Moderate: Homophobia, Pregnancy, Outing

flyingryndeer's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous reflective tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder

Moderate: Rape

dananana's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Pregnancy

Minor: Slavery

quinnyquinnquinn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Murder, War

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Homophobia, Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit

stephanelli's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

grets_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Grief, War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Slavery, Kidnapping, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

lores's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think this was a fitting end to the duology if you can make it to the last pages. I continue to love what Parker-Chan does with gender and power although I think the women do get absolutely pushed to the sidelines here. Unfortunately I found the mid-section to be a bit of a slog of violence and misery. It’s inevitable when you have almost an entire cast of realistically self-hating characters but I still found it really hard to read at times and some of it grew a little repetitive. Zhu, Ma and Xu Da were the lights in the first book and while I found the other characters fascinating; I also think they were drowning too much for me to enjoy following them instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Murder, War