Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

113 reviews

narzibenoucdel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Self harm, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, War, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Torture

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

justaddwater's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, War, Colonisation, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Emotional abuse

berrytart's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

my girl rin just needs so much help 😔

but seriously this book was so good, i think it was equal to the first with how much i enjoyed it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Colonisation, Body horror, Drug use, Sexual violence, Blood, Drug abuse, Grief, Torture, War, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Gore, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Cannibalism

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Excrement, and Pregnancy

melitrophium's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Violence, Rape, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Alcohol, Child death, Grief, and Kidnapping

sierraclimbs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I did not enjoy the first half of this book. It was just the same thing over, and over, and over. War, war, war. I was honestly confused a few times wondering “how could we possibly have moved on so fast to battle just to have the same conflict in a slightly different context” 
But for a second book, overall it was quite good. I’m feeling more & more attached to these flawed characters. Again, very Game of Thrones esque.

You also need to be careful getting attached to characters… like in Game of Thrones

There was also a kinda sorta enemies to lovers thing going on that I loved! It’s refreshing to read something where romance isn’t the primary focus, not even the secondary focus, but is still acknowledged.
I’m so interested to see how this story ends…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Torture, Racism, Physical abuse, Death, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Drug abuse, Gore, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Rape, Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Hate crime, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Slavery, Alcohol, and Vomit

If you’re here, presumably you’ve read the first book. I would say this second book has moments where it is harsher than the first… more graphic. But if you were able to handle the first book, you should be fine.

margarcia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• 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: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Rape, Abandonment, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Miscarriage, Child death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, War, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug use, Murder, and Torture

noms01'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Holy shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Abortion

naples's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Gore, Drug use, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, War, Death, and Cursing

epointer44's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Rape, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, Death, Violence, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Classism, Drug abuse, Cursing, Child death, Colonisation, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, and Self harm