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

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

When you know that someone is going to die and there really aren't that many who can die (story wise), and you keep thinking that, hey, maybe they actually won’t die, but then they do, because of course they do, but it still hurts? Yeah, that. I'm in pain. 
 
But god, that was so good! It's been a bit since I've read She Who Became the Sun, but I loved how this book was much more focused on the characters and the character development than the first one (or at least I felt like it was). 
Somehow Parker-Chan managed that I actually care about all of the main characters, even though all of them are absolute dickheads. 
 
And Zhu learning kindness and learning empathy and acknowledging all the unnecessary deaths and is it really worth it? That was so good!! 
 
I devoured this book, I did not want to put it down! 
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