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Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

aliyahoff's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

myoceanblue's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.25

sophie74's review against another edition

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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

4.0

re_saxy's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

stephlovaofbooks's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This was a reread. This time I listened to the audiobook and found it quite enjoyable. Definitely enjoyed Black Sun more the second time around. Highly recommend! 

10aya's review against another edition

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This was exciting in a fairly quiet way and I very much look forward to the next. 

thechanelmuse's review

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3.0

There are some interesting things about this book from Roanhorse's rich worldbuilding to that world's unique history and mythology. However, this slow burn, high fantasy book still left underwhelmed.

jeanam's review

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

gigireadswithkiki's review against another edition

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DNF-ing at 43%

  • The immaturity and naïveté of the MCs read really YA, and the depth of their character exploration also felt very juvenile, which already didn’t set a great tone for my enjoyability of this book
  •  the FMC cannot go one whole chapter without internally mentioning that she’s bisexual. She is ALWAYS mentioning “I’ve always been fine whoever I sleep with man, woman, or anything else in between”. I don’t mind flawed characters if their development is written well but it’s the “I control the waves! Also btw have I mentioned that I’m bisexual in this chapter yet??” Is so grating.
  • Plus the way that religion is being approached feels so cliched and overdone. Like the “oh the religious monk on my ship? I’m not gonna talk to him bc his religion is homophobic!!” Is SUCH  a westernized approach to religion discourse and I’m disappointed this is the direction an indigenous-based fantasy is headed. The predictability of “religion is both good and bad bc community and purpose vs too much culty group think mindset” is just not for me.

adriandesmul's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75