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The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

24 reviews

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

Moderate: Ableism and Cannibalism

Minor: Abortion

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

Omg. I can’t imagine this series ending with the next book. The Dragon Republic is a rollercoaster of emotions. One minute Rin is in desperate need of rehab, the next, she’s all powerful. Then she’s not and so on. Also… what the fuck Nezha?!!? 

The world building continues to amaze as R.F. Kuang weaves a politically and socially devastating tale of colonialism, war and peace. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Rape, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, War, Colonisation, Cursing, Self harm, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Abandonment, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Genocide, Abortion, and Excrement

Minor: Dysphoria, Deportation, and Ableism

kxerri's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Animal death, Death, War, Violence, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Slavery, Alcohol, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Addiction, and Self harm

Minor: Abortion and Ableism

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Rape, War, Kidnapping, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Classism, Violence, Misogyny, Confinement, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Pregnancy, Addiction, Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Genocide, Excrement, and Cannibalism

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

• 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: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Colonisation, Confinement, Gore, Child death, Racism, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Self harm, Torture, Ableism, Physical abuse, and Abortion

josefinemartensson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Drug abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, War, Gore, Murder, Rape, Addiction, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Racism, Animal death, and Child death

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

Continues the darkness and the heaviness! I inhaled this book in about 2 days. There were times when I audibly laughed, cried, screamed. Definitely still a great read for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and the Dread Nation duology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexism, Self harm, Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, Animal death, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Classism, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Suicide, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Cursing, and Racism

Minor: Ableism, Miscarriage, Genocide, Abortion, Cannibalism, and Excrement

odp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

This series is amazing, I love it with all of my heart. It is dark, emotional and so beautifully written. Rin is written so vividly and the friendships that she has are very real. This book had me in a chokehold and I will not be able to stop talking about it for the months to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Gore, Blood, Violence, Rape, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment, Cannibalism, Bullying, and Ableism

Minor: Grief, Self harm, Abortion, Cannibalism, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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

darnays's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Xenophobia, War, and Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, and Drug use