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The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

359 reviews

nataaaliya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

If it were possible, I'd get every word of this trilogy inked into my skin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Gore, Death, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Ableism, Body horror, Grief, Racial slurs, Drug use, Violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Body shaming, Blood, Genocide, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Child death, Sexism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Dementia, Pregnancy, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Infertility, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death of parent, Self harm, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Domestic abuse

ilovebarbie12dancingprincesses's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Racism, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Drug use, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Blood, Torture, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Drug abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Suicide, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

eloisereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• 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: Sexual assault, Child death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Rape, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Addiction, War, Abortion, and Death

emzand's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

Great sequel but really really grim at times. Those content warnings are no joke.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Death, War, and Drug use

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Colonisation

ladynocturnal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 Very heavy on war strategy and political affairs. I wish there was more character development for Rin and the Cike. The main character makes silly decisions, I understand why, but it was so frustrating. War, war never changes. 

Rin loses her powers for a large chunk of the book. The writing is still good, but I didn't pick up this book to read about a regular person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, Drug use, Racism, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

Minor: Chronic illness and Self harm

undergroundalto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-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: Addiction, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Classism, Gore, War, Blood, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Sexual assault, Violence, Bullying, Drug abuse, Grief, and Sexism

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, and Religious bigotry

strawhat_kd's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Rin. Rin. Rin. Rin. She is both a joy to follow and madly infuriating. I found myself questioning her choices and the possible ramifications repeatedly. But, boy does this book take you on a ride and the ending is a chef's kiss. There is so much that happens, but when I reflect back on the ride, it's a dark, tense, fun, exhilarating ride filled with laughs, lows, twists and turns and heartbreaking moments. I can't wait to see how this series concludes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Rape, and War

readwthsam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Blood, War, Violence, Addiction, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Medical content, Grief, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Murder, and Death

Minor: Abortion and Sexual assault

athenathor'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, and War

hope7dove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

*deep sigh* During the first two parts of this book I really thought I was going to struggle between rating it 3 or 4 stars. 

But then you get to the third part of the book and oh my gosh, that sealed the 5 stars for me almost instantly. It may sound a little discouraging to know that you have to read almost 400+ pages to feel that but Kuang is such a great story teller. You’re sucked into this world of war. 

I took a break from this book for a couple of days because Rin just frustrated me so much. She is so hot head and stubborn that I just needed a break from her for a while. But I needed to go back because I needed to see how this played out. And that’s Kuangs magic, you’re so invested in the characters because they’re so well developed and you understand (somewhat) the reasoning behind their decisions. 

Although Rin frustrated me a lot 2/3 of this book, oh my gosh I felt everything she felt. The last couple of pages I felt so many emotions, every page was a whiplash of something new. I was heartbroken due to the course of the events. Then I was angry and I was damn near ready to jump into this book and fight WITH her lol. The switch I made from being frustrated to rooting for her threw ME off. 

I am so hyped to read the third and last book of this series because THIS is ultimately what the series has been building towards to. 

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I would say it’s a medium pace book. Everything that has to happen and is introduce in the beginning in the book is resolved and answered by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Self harm