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A review by ktc8
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
5.0
“Let me tell you my name: Zhu Chongba.”
He answered coolly, “Should I know it?”
“One day you will,” she said, and drew her sword.
“I’ve been reborn as myself.”
“He had no idea if it was a yearning for or a yearning to be, and the equal impossibility if each of those hurt beyond belief.” ow relatable content Ouyang
(So many good lines in this one!!)
Wow this was amazing. Once I heard about this one I got so excited I waited so many months for this lol. I literally couldn’t put it down for Days, the writing was so wonderful and the concepts were spot on. The first chapter was spectacular—referring to Zhu as the girl, before she chooses her name and her fate!!! I was obsessed from the start. The like calls to like of Zhu and Ouyang and their separate but parallel journies was great, and also seeing the POV of the “enemy”!! very cool. The concepts of gender and being, and “having” versus “not having” of traditional roles of masculinity is so well thought out and displayed in this book. It shows how much gender can be an internal feeling but is so expected and performed for the outsider. I loved how we get Zhu’s development into herself. I also LOVED her and Ma Xiuying they’re so cute and also its just so interesting the parallel comparisons of Zhu and Ouyang for loving those who feel and hope and empathize in a way that they cannot. Projections of the self they lost or never could be, and the pain and imperfections of loving someone that way and putting them in harms way. It was beautifully painful and I can’t wait for the next one!!!
There are some parallels to Poppy War that make me want to read up more on China’s history, Mongol rule, etc. but mostly the use of the names Altan and Chaghan. (ahhhh I’m so traumatized from TPW that it hurt to read the names lol.) Also I was glad that battles were not as graphic for which i was grateful
He answered coolly, “Should I know it?”
“One day you will,” she said, and drew her sword.
“I’ve been reborn as myself.”
“He had no idea if it was a yearning for or a yearning to be, and the equal impossibility if each of those hurt beyond belief.” ow relatable content Ouyang
(So many good lines in this one!!)
Wow this was amazing. Once I heard about this one I got so excited I waited so many months for this lol. I literally couldn’t put it down for Days, the writing was so wonderful and the concepts were spot on. The first chapter was spectacular—referring to Zhu as the girl, before she chooses her name and her fate!!! I was obsessed from the start. The like calls to like of Zhu and Ouyang and their separate but parallel journies was great, and also seeing the POV of the “enemy”!! very cool. The concepts of gender and being, and “having” versus “not having” of traditional roles of masculinity is so well thought out and displayed in this book. It shows how much gender can be an internal feeling but is so expected and performed for the outsider. I loved how we get Zhu’s development into herself. I also LOVED her and Ma Xiuying they’re so cute and also its just so interesting the parallel comparisons of Zhu and Ouyang for loving those who feel and hope and empathize in a way that they cannot. Projections of the self they lost or never could be, and the pain and imperfections of loving someone that way and putting them in harms way. It was beautifully painful and I can’t wait for the next one!!!
There are some parallels to Poppy War that make me want to read up more on China’s history, Mongol rule, etc. but mostly the use of the names Altan and Chaghan. (ahhhh I’m so traumatized from TPW that it hurt to read the names lol.) Also I was glad that battles were not as graphic for which i was grateful