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A review by daumari
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
4.0
Recommended to me by Zhian at the beginning of 2023- finally got to it a year later, thank you for the suggestion! If I'd read this first, I wonder if [b:The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi|61294937|The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1)|S.A. Chakraborty|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1663869260l/61294937._SX50_.jpg|68668927] would've reminded me of Black Sun rather than the other way around (mostly in Xiala's sections because of having a lady sea captain in a non-European based historical fantasy), but Black Sun didn't have nearly the same levity that Amina does. They both, however, end feeling a little incomplete: our characters reach one goal that has reverberations on the rest of the world at large, and there's inevitably more volumes that will detail that fallout (and maybe shake the world's fate even more).
I appreciated the use of neopronouns for nonbinary identities, as pre-columbian societies weren't as rigid as our western-influenced modern society tends to be! I also think that there was more than one identity switched with masks at the end, but I guess I'll find out in a future volume...? Less clear on the priesthood side of the story, but again, will RAFO.
I appreciated the use of neopronouns for nonbinary identities, as pre-columbian societies weren't as rigid as our western-influenced modern society tends to be! I also think that there was more than one identity switched with masks at the end, but I guess I'll find out in a future volume...? Less clear on the priesthood side of the story, but again, will RAFO.