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The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

164 reviews

fynnnnnn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Rape, Xenophobia, Classism, Animal death, Addiction, Slavery, Sexual violence, Racism, Death of parent, War, Violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Death, Child death, Cannibalism, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Ableism, and Abortion

natnat_7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Blood, Classism, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Vomit, War, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Slavery, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage

cemeterygay's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Violence, Alcoholism, War, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Grief, Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Additional CW: Colorism and Implication of incestuous feelings

starstruk99's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Child death, Murder, Violence, War, Death, Gore, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape

gundegaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Death, Murder, Colonisation, Child death, Addiction, Drug use, War, Violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Self harm, Cannibalism, and Sexual harassment

tinybluepixel'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: War, Animal death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

thebookworm777's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I was a touch disappointed with the third installment in this trilogy. The book, like its predecessors, is divided into parts and each part I feel obligated to give its own rating because they were all so different. The first part immediately draws you back into the story and introduces new, interesting political dimensions to the trilogy. It felt a bit flat though in the department of character development and for this reason I would have to give it 4 stars. Part two, to me, is where the story really sags. Rin shows zero character development her, the Trifecta feels flat, and the callousness Rin displays towards her old master made her highly unlikeable to me. The overall driving plot of this section, felt to me, like pointless fluff with the same end objectives having the potential to be achieved in a more concise and logical manner. I almost abandoned the book while in this part and would have to give it 3 stars. The third part is the most exciting part where we see some original character growth for the first time since the second book. Except for the very end, I was once again in love with Kuang's writing. This section I would give a 4.5 Therefore, my overall score for the book is based on the average of these three. 

Overall, I felt this concluding installment failed to deliver in terms of character development and a satisfying ending.

It was obvious from the beginning of this book that Rin would die at the end. As I read, I felt as if I was simply waiting for her to finally die. Despite knowing this, I was disappointed with her death due to how poorly it was executed. Additionally, the climax of the book, the final showdown in Arlong, was so boring and quick I was shocked it was over.

Overall, the action of this book lacked the pizzaz present in the first two books. This, coupled with the stagnant characters, left me feeling like this book failed to neatly conclude the triology which is a shame since the first two are so strong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, War, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

silunii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Writing: immaculate. 
This line: “Ruin me, ruin us, and I’ll let you” ,  PAIN

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Addiction, Suicide, Sexual violence, Rape, and Xenophobia

alexpaperandpages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book… this series emotionally wrecked me. I was worried it wouldn’t live up to the hype. I had heard that this book wasn’t as good as the others in the series but this book was still amazing. I’m reeling from the shock of the ending. I finally got the character development from Rin that I was looking for and now it’s over.

This is the second book series that has ever given me a book hangover. 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Genocide, War, Xenophobia, Suicide, Pedophilia, Murder, Death, Colonisation, Child abuse, Vomit, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Racism, Drug use, Child death, Addiction, and Abandonment

lizthelizard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, War, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Emotional abuse