A review by crazybookworm31
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.

My god the writing style. The historical and cultural references that go over my head and the actual plot, perfectly fine, no issues with those, but my god the writing style. I despise it. The book doesn't just hold your hand, it shoves you through it. No space to draw your own conclusions, every idea, thought, spoken line, and plot point is rehashed over and over again and drilled into your skull so you don't ever forget it. If you think that it'll get better after the first chapter, just save yourself the time and don't bother. If you don't like the style by the time she gets to the monastery (not a spoiler, that's in the summary) then you won't like it beyond that. 
I get it! Her fate is nothingness! You didn't need to tell me every other page! I got it the first 20 times!