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The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

103 reviews

livreads16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

This book… omg I thought the first one was amazing. This one was even better. The pacing, the character development, the drama— amazing. I really liked the way we got to see Rin work through everything. I liked her development with the other characters and the building ( and breaking down) of relationships.

You’re gonna have to work really hard for me to get behind a Nezha redemption. He was already on thin fucking ice with that whole “all shamans should die” thing and now he got like Suni and Baji killed too? Fuck you, you betrayed Rin and she trusted you because you knew she loved you you little rich asshole fuck you

Absolutely living for Rin at the end of this book. Super excited to see her murder lots of people in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Abortion, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Religious bigotry, and Vomit

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, and Medical content

whailey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, War, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, Genocide, Medical content, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Classism, Infertility, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Abortion

perseffable'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: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Gore, War, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Violence, Torture, Classism, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, and Racism

Moderate: Trafficking, Sexism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Gun violence

Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Medical content, Confinement, Child death, Xenophobia, Abortion, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Infertility, Gun violence, Excrement, Cursing, and Chronic illness

isleoflinds's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Cursing, and Excrement

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Slavery

serena_hien's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Gore, War, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Classism, Alcohol, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Drug abuse, Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Cursing, Grief, Drug use, Colonisation, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Torture and Sexism

Minor: Abortion, Genocide, and Slavery

paigemushaw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Rape, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Body horror

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Abandonment, Abortion, Torture, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit and Cursing

middumullu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

Read this in literally two days (thank you for the snow day!!) because it drew me in so deeply. I think it continued the story set up in the first book well, and the first half especially engaged with repercussions of some of the events that happened towards the end of the first book. I want to shake a lot of the characters and chat with them about how to handle big feelings. There continued to be a lot of war and politics involved in this story, I loved seeing the relationships between characters develop. A new group comes into play so that was interesting to see, I'm very curious about how all of these elements will tie together in the last book. Also extremely graphic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, War, Vomit, Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

katiemcgregor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

To put it lightly, this book destroyed me. The highs were high and the lows were low and the adrenaline was never ending. The audiobook is fantastic, and I think hearing everything out loud really allowed me to visualize (plus it was nice to hear all the names properly pronounced).

I can't even count the number of times I changed my perception of who the enemy was, who was in there right or wrong, and what the solution to this all is. So it goes with war. Much like The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic takes inspiration from real life examples and I think Kuang's background in history is really what grounds this series. I don't know if I can think of any other books that so perfectly encapsulate war and the cause and effect that surround it. It's not a simple subject so I appreciate that she isn't throwing a simple solution at it.

Rin is so ridiculously cool. I love her and I hate her but regardless of how I feel about her at any given moment, she's undeniably powerful and slightly crazy. I love it. I think The Dragon Republic really gave me a chance to become attached to the characters (which made the pain so much worse). There was so much world building and so many introductions in The Poppy War that this book is when everything started to set in for me. Just as much happened, but I wasn't spending as much time trying to understand the fundamentals of this fantasy world and was able to direct my brain capacity elsewhere.

Anyway, I have a feeling The Burning God will destroy me even more. I don't have a good feeling about it. But I'm sure it will be an incredible read. Honestly, if I didn't reserve 5 star ratings for my very favorite books this would easily be deserving of the rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Torture, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent, Abortion, and Vomit

pamgrace18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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: Gore, Sexism, Child death, Rape, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Genocide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, and War

charlereads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Colonisation, Cursing, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Abortion, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, War, Xenophobia, and Vomit