Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

164 reviews

gumiho0712's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, and Drug use

bookhoe1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Racism, Xenophobia, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

lauramparis's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Colonisation, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and Cannibalism

Minor: Suicide, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual violence

readandfindout's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Characters: 4.5 stars
Plot: 3.5 stars
Worldbuilding: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, Grief, Sexual violence, Self harm, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Mental illness, Addiction, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Body horror, Genocide, Torture, Blood, War, Child death, Racism, Rape, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Murder, Colonisation, and Xenophobia

mousmoulo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

screaming crying throwing up

chaghan appeared for like 10 pages max and tbh it was the highlight of the book for me. can we get a prequel about the cike or something their fucked up family dynamic meant so much to me and i miss them every day

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Alcohol, Classism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent

livreads16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was a great series. The characters were great. Rin is a fucking masterpiece. The plot was amazing. The pace was good. 

I did not love the ending. I just really didn’t like how

bitch boy Nezha brought down the god that is Rin. It wasn’t fair. Like everyone fucking died??!? … I get it, it’s poetic: fire and water don’t mix, but like either have them end up together or have Rin kill Nezha. He deserved to die for stabbing her in the back (litterally). Also like then I have to read a chapter at the end from his POV about how much he loved her and how much it hurt him to destroy her like bitch?!? Then don’t do it ?!?! Wow if only there was an easy solution like ughhhh. Usually I’m a sucker for enemies to lover but this was not it.

this book really was amazing. Like my real only problem was the ending. Also I wanted more of the found family Cike thing. I absolutely loved that in the first book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Colonisation, Cannibalism, Death, Animal death, Sexual violence, Genocide, Xenophobia, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Grief, Drug use, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, Torture, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Violence, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Classism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Infertility

fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"Ruin me, ruin us, and I’ll let you."

So, yes. R F Kuang decided to ruin me and ruin us all. I absolutely loved the pacing of the second half of this book and I am absolutely reeling from that ending. I feel hollow and empty. This war had way too many casualties! 

"She was a goddess. She was a monster. She‘d nearly destroyed this country. And then she‘d given it one last, gasping chance to live."

Rin's motto was 'if evil is justified, then evil is good.' Kitay, my sweet baby boy genius. Nezha. I still don't know how to feel about you. The trifecta. Venka. That cannibal girl who called the gods and whose name just evaporated from my mind. Also, Rin's stepbrother?!! 
Like damn! This ending. This ending. Staring into the blank and waiting for things to make sense. I'm still whispering 'No No No' as if that will make it make sense. So violent, so terrifying and so painful.


First half of the book: 3 stars
Last half of the book: 5 stars

So, rating : 4 stars. 🌟

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Sexual violence, War, Death, and Animal death

wrackcity's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Genocide, Torture, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, War, Cannibalism, Blood, and Alcoholism

arwyn_d_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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

5.0

pain


pain



pain




pain

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, War, Body horror, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

ashza12's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Colonisation, Genocide, Death, Racism, War, Gore, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault