Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

185 reviews

bananapie123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

praaliine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

miss kuang has done it again. this book was darker and more tragic than the first. when i thought i knew something, turns out i didn’t. this book really explored the tragedies of war and fighting the wrong enemy. also, r.f kuang ripped out my figurative heart and stomped on it repeatedly…pain…
A fantastic read, as expected.
P.S. watch out for chapter 28 (graphic SA towards the end of the chapter)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

natfig'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Vomit, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

omfgeleanor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

tinyjude's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I'm emotionally and mentally exhausted lol what a ride. Some parts felt a bit too slow and made me feel disappointed with the treatment of the Cike overall in this book. The trauma exploration and Rin's journey through anger, grief, admiration, obsession and hunger (for blood) are the highlights of the book. The worldbuilding again is incredible, although I want to know much more about shamanism (maybe in the 3rd book pls???).

Also the huge and constant roasting to white colonizers. Get them!! I am with Rin all the way down through her desire to burn everything down.

Venka, Kitay and Ramsa, my beloveds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

stefy27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ephemeralzen's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

codifyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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

4.25

Could not believe Nezha. I love Kitay and Chaghan. I think I really got to understand a greater depth to their characters. I almost cried at Baji, Suni, and Ramsa. I knew Vaisra's betrayal was going to happen but the brutality of it was shocking. Not sure how I feel about the slight attempt of redemption for Daji's character but I think the twist of the Hesperians being the ultimate enemy instead of the Mugenese is telling. Niang's scene was really poignant and the whole fighting against your classmates is challenging to overcome. The more the book went on the more I disliked Altan which I know is not really fair because of his experiences but I could not help it. I hope that now Rin is fighting for the South she finds herself more and becomes more dominant in her opinions because, as a normal foot soldier, she seemed to be simply an avatar to be used for battle. I hope Chaghan returns in the third book and I learn more about Kitay because I am worried that he will become simply an extension of Rin now. I can't really find myself to care for Nezha despite his backstory so I hope that something in the third book will make that change for me. Sometimes I found the civil war and its details slightly confusing because I think that there was a lot happening politically. I think that Rin realising that it's always been the North vs the South will hopefully help her find herself and develop a more headstrong standpoint.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse

madeleinebay's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

shaunaxx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism and Cannibalism

Minor: Abortion