A review by tlaynejones
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

4.5

I’m not sure I have the brain space to create an accurate review, but here are some thoughts. I really liked this book. A lot. However, I wanted to quit a couple times in the first quarter cause, while listening to the audiobook, I got confused about/ couldn’t keep track of all the characters quite a few times. I had this problem with the first book a few times too, so I persevered. It was totally worth it, but I do wish the publishers had included a PDF of the characters as a reference. 
There is quite a bit of self loathing/ self harm throughout the story, and a lot of homophobia. Particularly a misogynistic hatred of men loving men and men presenting with any femininity. I had some questions for the author, particularly around the homophobia, but I’ll have to listen again sometime to check my impressions. 
Recommended, with these CW. 
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