Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

524 reviews

clairetheplier's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Racism, Addiction, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Ableism, Sexism, Racial slurs, Violence, Gun violence, Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, Blood, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

caoimhe9876's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

elizabeth_helmer's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Addiction, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Drug abuse, Violence, War, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Rape, Grief, Gore, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

gigglesigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I should've been to bed hours ago but those last hundred pages wouldn't let me go. The political detail is impressive and the constant reconstruction of the truth has me on my tiptoes all the time, I love it so much. I spent half this book thinking "no, no, no, please, no" and the other half wishing she would just kill one of the various people I hate, and yet it was great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Racism, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Genocide, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Vomit, and War

shesreadingagain_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Sexual assault, Body horror, and Rape

nclausel25's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Addiction, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gore, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Classism, Colonisation, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Genocide

Moderate: Vomit, Racism, Child death, Confinement, Self harm, Abortion, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy

tessaroy's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Death, and Rape

erton's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Genocide, Addiction, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death, Gun violence, Abortion, Alcohol, Grief, Cursing, Gore, Medical content, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, War, Confinement, Medical trauma, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

anootamei'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? Yes

5.0

the biggest wild ride of my LIFE oh my gooood i love r.f kuang and i love this trilogy couldn’t recommend enough

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Drug use, Murder, Racism, War, Drug abuse, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Genocide

Minor: Cannibalism

ellenwm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

“…They cannot accept the truth of other gods. And when nations start to believe that other beliefs lead to damnation, violence becomes inevitable.”

The world building and cadence of Kuang’s writing is mesmerizing. I’m not normally one for war-focused literature but it’s very compelling. The moral quandaries pondered in this book overtly and through the plot and character growth are weighty. Who is responsible for a society’s violence and inhumanity? What do we owe other humans? What is actual kindness? Like the first in this series, it covers colonization, war, violence, white supremacy, religion as weapon. So it’s a little difficult to continue at times when you’re not up to being emotionally slayed. All the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Drug abuse, Blood, Xenophobia, Slavery, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Classism, Death, War, Violence, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide

Minor: Abortion