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She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

Shelley Parker-Chan

Start date: March 9, 2022

Finish date: April 9, 2022

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What Members Thought

Sep 30, 2021 Trisha rated it liked it

I think I just had poor timing for reading this one. It's longer and character driven, which I think I would have loved if I'd had the time to savor the story. Instead I felt frustrated and bored because I needed the story to move move move - it was still great and I enjoyed the adventure, the setting and the plot. I just didn't quite love it. ...more

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Nov 16, 2021 Marie (UK) rated it did not like it

Shelves: 2021-reading-challenge

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A mere 400 pages it felt like 4,000. It was like wading through a treacle of uninspired characters and turgid narrative. I could not understand what the author was trying to achieve in this book that pitted one unlikeable set of people against another equally un likeable set. It certainly was not a book to lift the spirits in any way shape or form.

I am not sure what makes it LGBT - dressing a girl up as a boy because she wants the ...more

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