Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

107 reviews

ianreadsbookssometimes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

RF Kuang needs to stop hurting my heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Sexual violence, War, Xenophobia, Confinement, Drug use, Racism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, Death, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Medical content, Child abuse, and Torture

thiskelsey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Drug abuse, Cursing, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Emotional abuse, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, War, Classism, Blood, Gore, and Death

droopyswan's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Vomit, Genocide, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Torture, Drug abuse, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Abortion, Cursing, and Blood

marah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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 loved this book!! Rin’s character development was so satisfying to see. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Medical content, Addiction, Confinement, Gore, Murder, Violence, War, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abortion, Self harm, Slavery, Vomit, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Child death, Police brutality, Bullying, Cursing, and Death of parent

I think that because of these topics, this book had potential to fall into trauma-porn territory but it definitely did not. R.F. Kuang writes about this material very well.

BUT ALSO THE DUMPLINGS PART WAS SO FUCKED UP

dinossaurinholeitor_ray's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Rape, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

faroroshae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

Loved this book. It tore my emotionless heart into pieces, just what I needed. An all nighter well spent. Now I will sleep.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Confinement, Vomit, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Murder, Classism, Gaslighting, Blood, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Death, Racism, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Child death, Violence, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Addiction, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage

shannahtan's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I thought this book moved much faster than the first one. Rin is really unbearable. She is completely unable to process emotion, and she really has no remorse for any of the shit she has done which includes genocide and  bad leadership leading to the Cike injuries and death but at the same time she’s so torn up about Altan dying. She blames herself for his death which feels like it doesn’t really fit her character. She would commit mass genocide on the Mugen again, but she also feels bad about it?! I do think it’s interesting how you can root for Rin at times while also hating her. I often wonder why the Cike stay with her, but I guess that’s similar to followers of Mao. Basically, everyone sucks, but you also kind of want them to turn it around. I guess I’ll read the 3rd to see if it happens. If you never learned about Chinese history, this might be an interesting foray for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Rape

missmali's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Racism, Sexual assault, Rape, and Addiction

donatio'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? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm not sure I always liked Rin, but I liked the Cike and Kitay and I think though it was brutal that it was brutally honest. About war, discrimination, crimes and colonialism. It's not beautified in any way and I think that's the only right way to tell this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Animal death, Body horror, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Classism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

aspenpastore's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

loved it! Kuang is fantastic and am so invested in the characters. I like how rooted in history the book is and how it personalizes history while adding elements of fantasy. Such an amazing story!

I would say I liked this more than The Poppy War because the characters are all more developed, and we start to see them politicking, strategizing, and scheming. It gave Game of Thrones vibes for sure. The religious bigotry complicates the story and makes me absolutely hate the hesparians. I’m european and it forced me to confront the disgusting crimes and bigotry of my ancestors. Which is challenging but necessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Rape