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A review by meganyntan
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
1.0
whoever marketed this as a likeness to the song of achilles deserves jail lol.
it's more like mulan meets the poppy war except comparing it to the poppy war is honestly a disservice to that series because i loved it.
lesbian mulan meets the poppy war should really tick all my boxes in theory but i hated this book and it really fell flat.
zhu chongba was just a shittier rin with no personality and the burning god spoiler everyone describes zhu as ruthless but she was just so boring and really did nothing to demonstrate that
idk why the author of this book thought it was okay to use the names chaghan and altan which were also used in the poppy war. like just one giant fucking eyeroll lol
the pacing of this book was also terrible, i feel like it started off strong at the monastery and zhu chongba's past and then as soon as she left the monastery the story went to shit. i feel like there was just absolutely no plot.
the only thing this book does marginally well is an exploration of gender roles and vaguely sexuality but i feel like it was just pushed aside for some shitty battle scenes that barely made sense and a plotless story
it's more like mulan meets the poppy war except comparing it to the poppy war is honestly a disservice to that series because i loved it.
lesbian mulan meets the poppy war should really tick all my boxes in theory but i hated this book and it really fell flat.
zhu chongba was just a shittier rin with no personality and the burning god spoiler
Spoiler
zhu also loses a hand wow!idk why the author of this book thought it was okay to use the names chaghan and altan which were also used in the poppy war. like just one giant fucking eyeroll lol
the pacing of this book was also terrible, i feel like it started off strong at the monastery and zhu chongba's past and then as soon as she left the monastery the story went to shit. i feel like there was just absolutely no plot.
the only thing this book does marginally well is an exploration of gender roles and vaguely sexuality but i feel like it was just pushed aside for some shitty battle scenes that barely made sense and a plotless story