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The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

295 reviews

kasssidyy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Damn. Another horribly violent, utterly captivating book. 

This wasn’t as good as the first. The middle was quite boring - interesting but repetitive so it was a bit of a push. Rin is so annoying but can’t help to love her. Nezha sucks

Part III was fantastic. I wanted to throw up but I loved it. 

There’s so many content warnings. Just assume every one is in there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Sexual violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Murder, War, Torture, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Rape, Gore, Drug use, Death, Child death, Addiction, Blood, and Genocide

saraellington_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Blood, Violence, and War

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Drug abuse

theshanana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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: Sexual violence, Rape, Xenophobia, Violence, Gun violence, Racism, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Child death and Forced institutionalization

literaryloquacity's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Genocide, Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, War, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Drug abuse, Colonisation, Violence, Torture, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Blood

adisiki's review

5.0

So good!!!!!!!!! I’m so obsessed with Rin’s journey, her friendship with Kitay is so sweet and her complicated relationship with Nezha is so well-done. The writing is so good, the pacing was great in this one, there was a never a dull moment for how long it is, and I can’t wait to see how the series wraps up. This story brings out such strong feelings in me, the racism and religious zealotry of the Hesperians is so real and parallels to our real world in a sickening, sad way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Murder, Racism, Death, and War

anitaboeira's review

4.5

It's gritty. But it's also better fantasy world building and plotting and characters than Martin and Jordan could even dream of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Murder, Rape, Xenophobia, War, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Drug use, Colonisation, Blood, Torture, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt

margarcia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• 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: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Rape, Abandonment, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Miscarriage, Child death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, War, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug use, Murder, and Torture

mollyhardt'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

First book took me 4 days to read - this one took 9 months. Couldn’t get into it for some reason.

The constant battles then loosing battles then being captured/finding themselves in trouble again/descriptions of Rin’s latest painful head spinning injury just became exhausting to read about. Yes this was to show the brutality and loss of war but I eventually stopped caring about the outcome or the characters.

 

As a fantasy series it still rates well above average and I’ll be reading the third. Rin is one of the most emotionally complex characters I’ve read about and her relationship with Kitay in this was nice to see. Upon reflection I think I enjoyed the 1st significantly more as there were other things going on aside from just war.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Rape, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Gore

pettypierrot's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Sexual violence, Gore, Vomit, Self harm, Rape, Death, Racism, Body horror, War, Torture, Religious bigotry, Grief, Genocide, Drug abuse, and Blood

leonief's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Death, Sexual violence, Racism, War, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Blood, Addiction, Torture, Physical abuse, Drug use, Murder, and Violence