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The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

11 reviews

booknug's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, War

Minor: Rape

bewhitedragon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-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

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The Rage of Dragons is a unique epic fantasy story centered on Tau Solarin, who has people he cares for taken away and vows to become vengeance itself. In many cases, when dragons are involved in an epic fantasy, they're usually mounts for dragonriders, but I think the way they are used here is different and unique. It's also just a fascinating world that is based on African culture. Evan Winters himself said that he wanted to write a fantasy story where the main character is black, and I think he does a wonderful job at creating this world while making it his own compared to other epic fantasy stories. With how this one ends, I'm very eager to start the second book soon!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

gabaghoulx2's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Tau Solarin is basically if Kaladin Stormblessed and Fang Runin were blended together. Unreliable narrator + consumed with revenge + somehow are better than one could possibly imagine. 
A bit predictable at points, and the female characters seem to just exist to propel the male storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

Minor: Child death, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lawlerbt's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

kathyreadsalot's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Really enjoyed this one! This took some time to grow on me but Tau is unhinged and I was here for it! The political intrigue of the plot kept me engaged till the end. Winter writes fighting sequences very well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence

ayoung720's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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One of the best, most-refreshingly unique fantasy stories that I've read in a long time. The Rage of Dragons is a fast-paced story that still manages to build out a well-developed world, really cool magic/power system, and characters who grip your attention with every move they make. While I am a huge fan of slow-burn fantasy world building a la Brandon Sanderson, the pacing of this story kept me hooked from beginning to end, reminding me a lot of another favorite author, John Gwynne. Can't wait to start book two! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, War

Moderate: Slavery, Torture

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury

little_white's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, War, Classism

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery

noraa's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation

zoeshea's review

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

This was an excellent book. So well written and dealt with a lot of important themes in a nuanced way. Sexism however was not one of them and it does not pass the Bechdel test which is why it can't be my favourite book of all time but otherwise it could have been.