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A review by dumplingmenace
The Girl King by Mimi Yu
Okay but where’s the sequel!!!!!!!
This is an incredible fantasy, one that grapples with imperialism/colonialism in a way most “fantasy royal befriends commoners on a quest for their rightful throne” absolutely skip over. Unsurprisingly, colonialism and imperialism is not solved in this first installment but it mentioned, it is not shoved under the rug, assumed that all the displaced and exploited people would be happy to help the rich royal descendent of the people who had murdered their families and communities.
I felt I owed the book more than just endless screaming so there you go a review at midnight talking about imperialism.
Also the first fantasy I’ve read mentioning menstruation in conjunction with magic since a Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho. Hell yeah.
This is an incredible fantasy, one that grapples with imperialism/colonialism in a way most “fantasy royal befriends commoners on a quest for their rightful throne” absolutely skip over. Unsurprisingly, colonialism and imperialism is not solved in this first installment but it mentioned, it is not shoved under the rug, assumed that all the displaced and exploited people would be happy to help the rich royal descendent of the people who had murdered their families and communities.
I felt I owed the book more than just endless screaming so there you go a review at midnight talking about imperialism.
Also the first fantasy I’ve read mentioning menstruation in conjunction with magic since a Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho. Hell yeah.