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Lui che annegò il mondo by Shelley Parker-Chan

242 reviews

kleebus's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Transphobia

a_mo_zing's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Violence, Grief

Moderate: Slavery, Pregnancy, War

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape

cupcake_kamisama's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Shelley Parker-Chan continues to dazzle, even more so, in the continuation. Their eloquent writing style compliments the intricate story that's woven with each element and hint dropped throughout until its completion. The characters shine through, none fully good or evil, each presented with every flaw and every redeeming quality that makes them nuanced and human, flesh and bone. Even though it was clear what end the story would reach, it did not make the journey any less filled with surprises, taking turns and reaching the consequences of each characters' actions. It has been a long time since I read a story as beautiful as this one and Shelley Parker-Chan deserves every accolade and more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War

Moderate: Pregnancy

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ameck's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional 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 writes a very good sequel! murder plots, betrayals, queer lovers and queer enemies. the twisting and harrowing conclusion of zhu’s quest for the throne!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, War, Injury/Injury detail

sushibear2002's review against another edition

4.25

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

mmadiisonn's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, War

olliyeen's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-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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Action packed but a tough read at times

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Self harm, Torture

ms_anna_e's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark sad 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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It’s dark it’s so so dark, but it’s perfect? Every character arc felt inevitable, everyone is feeling the consequences of their ambitions, and you can’t look away

and you WANT Zhu to succeed but they really need to get the train back on the tracks and you can’t see how they’ll do it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion

marieby's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Blood, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria

claramerry's review against another edition

2.5

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I think this could’ve been two books - it felt like zhu was the least interesting character and the character development that did happen with the other characters felt either really heavy handed or completely rushed - also I would’ve liked some more historical explanations, and the fantasy elements were there in a way where I wish they were either not there or a lot more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape