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A review by hilloftara
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
1.0
I preordered this, I was so excited! But it wasn't worth it, the story was boring, it felt like a lecture. The time jumps were weird, the many point of views unexpected and seemed entirely unnecessary. I also didn't like that we didn't see the main character become who she was, it's glossed over, she becomes a clever strategist without us being along to see it. She also had absolutely no personality.
I really disliked this book. It felt like a waste of time.
It was a retelling but apart from LGBTQ representation (which I did like) there was very little creativity or real novelization.
It contained huge amounts of useless info, cultural info that was never used again, planning that amounts to nothing, planning you're not allowed to know where you wish you did.
All in all this book was a massive disappointment and I will not be reading the second book.
Only Ma and the Abbot were interesting but not nearly fleshed out enough.
I really disliked this book. It felt like a waste of time.
It was a retelling but apart from LGBTQ representation (which I did like) there was very little creativity or real novelization.
It contained huge amounts of useless info, cultural info that was never used again, planning that amounts to nothing, planning you're not allowed to know where you wish you did.
All in all this book was a massive disappointment and I will not be reading the second book.
Only Ma and the Abbot were interesting but not nearly fleshed out enough.