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Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

2020 · Fantasy

dark moodfast pacedbalanced toneambiguous ending

How it reads

Black Sun is fantasy (epic fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is dark. It goes to difficult places and doesn't look away. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are power and politics, identity and faith. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It opens a series. The ending is left open, for you to argue about. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.

Pick it up if…

  • you're in the mood for something dark
  • you want a book that pulls you through
  • you like disappearing into an invented world

Maybe not if…

  • you need something cosy, heartwarming or funny
  • you want dense, lingering prose

All 15 dimensions

Genre
fantasy
Author gender
female
Author experience
established
Setting: place
fictional world
Setting: time
timeless or multiple
Mood / feeling
dark
Tone / weight
balanced
Length
medium
Narrative style
third person, several viewpoints
Publication era
recent
Popularity
moderately known
Series vs standalone
first in a series
Ending style
ambiguous

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