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princessazulaa 's review for:
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night
by Amélie Wen Zhao
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really enjoyed this story. I especially liked the narrator, I think she did a wonderful job making each character stand out. I also appreciated the correct pronunciations of Chinese words and names.
In terms of plot, I felt like Amélie Wen Zhao did a great job of discussing the brutality of colonialism in a YA novel. The characters were compelling, and I enjoyed the way in which both the main characters and side characters had their own trauma that guides who they view resistance. Furthermore, i really liked the expansion of how prior cultural and religious destruction and gatekeeping directly affected how the Last Kingdom was felled by the Etlantian invasion. I feel like there is an interesting through line of how the finer Hin empire restricted practioning and the way in which the 99 clans were wiped out in a way mirror how the Etlantians have been imposing their language and culture on the Hin people (such as renaming streets and places to forcing Hin to take on monosyllabic names)
In terms of plot, I felt like Amélie Wen Zhao did a great job of discussing the brutality of colonialism in a YA novel. The characters were compelling, and I enjoyed the way in which both the main characters and side characters had their own trauma that guides who they view resistance. Furthermore, i really liked the expansion of how prior cultural and religious destruction and gatekeeping directly affected how the Last Kingdom was felled by the Etlantian invasion. I feel like there is an interesting through line of how the finer Hin empire restricted practioning and the way in which the 99 clans were wiped out in a way mirror how the Etlantians have been imposing their language and culture on the Hin people (such as renaming streets and places to forcing Hin to take on monosyllabic names)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail