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

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

sometimes the prose was really good and sometimes it felt clumsy. the dialogue especially was a toss up, although i think it got better as the book went on. one thing that i wasn't a fan of was the cursing in the narration, although that's something i don't like in any book. there were times when i felt like the crass nature of swearing contradicted whatever was going on in the actual scene. other than that the story was good and i especially like how the author handled gender identity and dysphoria ^^

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Cursing, Dysphoria, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexism, Misogyny, Homophobia, Outing, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, and Excrement