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A review by bahareads
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
or being a debut book, Parker-Chan did her big one! I read this primarily as a audiobook, when I tried to switch to an e-book it got really confusing to track the characters. It was still confusing to trace the POVs even with the audiobooks.
The novel was so readable; though the military portions caused me to zone out from time to time. They were well written but so dense. I enjoyed the darkness of the book. I supposed most of the characters could be called anti-heroes. They played their parts well.
The f*sting incident was not all that. You guys are just f*cking horny. I did enjoy the romance between Ma and Zhu. I would like to see that grow, and I want to see Ma become a little darker.
I wish Parker-Chan had gone more into depth about the ghosts haunting Zhu and Oyoung. I had a few theories but as the book went along, they kept getting crushed. I felt that Parker-Chan was dragging with non-explantations. Zhu's constant reminder that she was her brother started to get annoying as hell. The pronoun switches was interesting, based on the POV.
She Who Became the Sun reminded my academic of Passing to America by Thomas Abercrombie. The idea of shifting bodies, gender performance, and transgenderism were so prevalent in here. I need an English or Literature major to make this a part of their thesis.
Parker-Chan gets only three stars because because the book dragged, some things were left unexplained (lazy writing), the POVs got confusing, and the military jargon was too much at times.
The novel was so readable; though the military portions caused me to zone out from time to time. They were well written but so dense. I enjoyed the darkness of the book. I supposed most of the characters could be called anti-heroes. They played their parts well.
The f*sting incident was not all that. You guys are just f*cking horny. I did enjoy the romance between Ma and Zhu. I would like to see that grow, and I want to see Ma become a little darker.
I wish Parker-Chan had gone more into depth about the ghosts haunting Zhu and Oyoung. I had a few theories but as the book went along, they kept getting crushed. I felt that Parker-Chan was dragging with non-explantations. Zhu's constant reminder that she was her brother started to get annoying as hell. The pronoun switches was interesting, based on the POV.
She Who Became the Sun reminded my academic of Passing to America by Thomas Abercrombie. The idea of shifting bodies, gender performance, and transgenderism were so prevalent in here. I need an English or Literature major to make this a part of their thesis.
Parker-Chan gets only three stars because because the book dragged, some things were left unexplained (lazy writing), the POVs got confusing, and the military jargon was too much at times.