Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

254 reviews

elizabeth_helmer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Grief, Violence, Animal death, Colonisation, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Rape, War, Vomit, Genocide, and Blood

meggspence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was my first adult fantasy series that I've read in years and man I ate it up. Once I was 150 pages from the end I plopped on a couch and finished it in a sitting. This trilogy taught me so much about the history of China from WW2 - Cultural revolution and British colonization. 

I loved Nezha and Kitay, and as complicated as Rin was, I still loved following this story through her perspective. I will also say (spoiler free) the ending somehow brought me an unexpected relief despite such a disastrous situation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Drug use, Cannibalism, Classism, Death, Religious bigotry, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide

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melitrophium's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Colonisation, Violence, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, War, Death, Medical trauma, Animal death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cannibalism, Torture, Racism, Classism, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Self harm, Alcoholism, and Incest

leaflit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Just really not into this series personally. This one felt like it dragged on even more than the others I was just waiting for it to be over. So violent. This one had cannibalism too. Just march, fight, repeat. Bunch of characters died. Not really sure about the ending. Overall this book is not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Classism, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Animal death, Child death, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, War, Gore, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Torture, and Body horror

sarahl13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Animal death, War, Violence, Torture, Gore, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

sierraclimbs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I don’t even know what to say about this book… this entire story is so sad & challenging… I’m glad that I read it. But I’m not coming away from it wanting to recommend it to people. 
Rin is such a frustrating protagonist to follow… she makes very human mistakes & I think as a reader you are not always used to your protagonist making mistake after mistake. It makes the story feel very real & raw. But I’m also upset & frustrated. 

I so badly wanted these characters to have a happy ending… and I’m sure many people would interpret that they did… just after so much suffering, all I wanted was for Rin & Nezha to come back to each other in peace & love even if it was platonic… but it wouldn’t be realistic… a girl can hope though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Cannibalism, Child death, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Murder, and Animal cruelty

vibingandy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i will never recover - the way their relationships culminated in the conclusion of the book was both incredibly beautiful and incredibly devastating …. no joy but it was life changing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Genocide, Sexism, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Drug abuse, Genocide, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Rape, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Child death, and Medical trauma

adisiki's review against another edition

4.5

Devastating, heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, all the emotions. They weren’t lying about this series, an all-time fav for sure 10/10. Such an emotional journey, I loved Rin, Kitay, and Nezha. I did feel like this one dragged a little bit at times, but the ending was too much and I was devasted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Drug use, War, and Animal death

atlaslan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Woah, I really cannot say a thing else. Woah. I've never read a trilogy so strong. I know this trilogy will stick with me for a long time. I jsut finished it so I can't say much more than I'm in awe. R. F. Kuang will never fail to amaze me. It definetly had its slow points but kept me intrigued throughout the book. Rin is such a deliciously complex character morally black in reality but so interesting to read about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gaslighting, Violence, War, and Classism

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Racism, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cannibalism, Excrement, and Emotional abuse

bootrat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Death