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Parker-Chan has a gift for creating complex characters and wonderfully intersecting storylines. In a rare move, I found myself looking forward to reading about and even loving some of the 'villains' (more like antagonists) in the story and there were some unexpected twists and turns that kept me guessing.
He Who Drowned the World maintains and further develops the queer themes and relationships Parker Chan set up in She Who Became the Sun in a way that feels more bold than the first novel but still authentic to the world they have created.
I can't recommend this series enough! 10/10!
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Abortion, War
Moderate: Blood, Murder
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Outing, Dysphoria
Moderate: Ableism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence
Minor: Torture, Abortion, War
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Biphobia, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Classism
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism, Torture, Violence
Minor: Sexual violence
Honestly, there was so much going on in this book - not necessarily plot-wise, we still follow Zhu and her quest to become the Great Khan to remake the world, but for each individual character who's POV we see or may see as part of another character's POV.
The focus of the book shifts slightly to Wang Baoxiang and his machinations, but we still get a lot of page time from Zhu and Ouyang as well as Madam Zhang - all of them striving for power in different and yet so similar ways. The amount of mirroring and contrasts is amazing in this book.
It's a lot to take in and while it does get dark at times there is still hope, and that hope is also there at the end so that you close the book (still slightly reeling from Part 3) with a positive feeling.
This book is really worth the read - just like the first one - and such an excellent take on what is gender if not what we make of it.
Graphic: Miscarriage, Violence, Grief, War, Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Dysphoria
Minor: Abortion
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Violence, War
Moderate: Homophobia