Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

406 reviews

julia206's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Rape, and Grief

auriga008's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

I love Nezha so much, it physically hurts. Actually, this might be the reason why I liked this book even more than the first part. It also definitely helped that stuffTM happend to Rin, that will forever justify all of her rage to me.

I am so heartbroken, I loved the last "happy" chapter where they got drunk and had fun. I knew a betrayal was coming because I got spoilerd but I convinced myself that it would be that Rin leaves Arlong. I am mad at Nezha but I also... can understand him in some way? I think he's just very naïve and really believes in the Republic. I bet it hurt him too, having to betray Rin. He also really cares about the people, he faced his dad when Rin was still much more concerned with winning this war then the fate of the southeners.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

emzo6262's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Classism

sleepy_yoshi's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I greatly enjoyed The Poppy War and I legitimately thought this series had the potential to go down as one of my all time favourites. It still may, but after reading the second entry I'm not quite so convinced anymore.

I did not greatly enjoy approximately the first two thirds of this book. It feels like the character's, Rin in particular, regressed in development. While this can make sense given her experiences and the circumstances her character goes through there's a balance to walk there between how long a character wallows and how much time it takes before them to start developing again. I don't think that line is walked particularly well here and part of this is imo because of the significantly slower pacing. 

That being said the last third or so of the book is absolutely wonderful with a very satisfying concluding couple of chapters that completely changed my overall opinion of the novel. Given I'd lean towards 2 out of 5 for the first and second third and 5 out of 5 for the last third, 3 stars overall feels right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Rape

moooddie's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, and Colonisation

getlitwithamy_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

4.75

R.F. Kuang’s sequel to the profoundly thought provoking POPPY WAR adds even more tension and impact when it comes to the effects of war. 

The story starts right where THE POPPY WAR ends. Rin is coming to terms with the events that occurred at the end of the previous book, and Kuang doesn’t hesitate to show her struggling with this.

She also shows Rin’s deep drug addled state where her reliance on opium interferes with her psyche.

As THE DRAGON REPUBLIC continues, readers see how important political alliances are in terms of war. Kuang does a great job at showing how ugly the behind the scenes discussions can be. 

This book dodged the second book syndrome. It was even more captivating than its predecessor, and it holds THE BURNING GOD to a high standard since Kuang provides so much buildup in the end. Much praise for her and this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

hanuxe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Sexual assault

icy_queen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infertility, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

pagesihavenotyetread's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sarahrose14's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail