Review by carochacord - She Who Became the Sun

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carochacord 's review for:

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

3.75

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So… first things first: this isn’t like the Song of Achilles. Yes, there’s war and queer characters but that’s about it. It isn’t much like Mulan either. There is no family or honor, it’s main theme is will and what I consider self-fullfiled profecies, and Zhu is not merely dressing up as a man. She struggles with her identity and her body throughout the book. I have mixed feelings about it, but it certainly deserves the four stars I’ve given it. I cannot say I enjoyed the dense descriptions of war tactics of the lack of (wholesome) romance, but it was a good read.

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