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The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

80 reviews

isleoflinds's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Cursing, and Excrement

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Slavery

princess_azula's review against another edition

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

5.0

Amazing, wonderful, showstopping, & gut wrenching! R.F. Kuang is a phenomenal author that really brings the story to life, and you feel like you are there with the characters. Her writing is incredibly vivid!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Violence, War, Blood, Colonisation, Racism, Sexual violence, Drug use, Vomit, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual violence, Drug use, Addiction, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cannibalism

Cannibalism part

Yin Jinzha is killer and cooked into dumplings which are presented to his father, Yin Vaisra and his allies. They don’t actually eat the dumplings though.

katiemcgregor'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

To put it lightly, this book destroyed me. The highs were high and the lows were low and the adrenaline was never ending. The audiobook is fantastic, and I think hearing everything out loud really allowed me to visualize (plus it was nice to hear all the names properly pronounced).

I can't even count the number of times I changed my perception of who the enemy was, who was in there right or wrong, and what the solution to this all is. So it goes with war. Much like The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic takes inspiration from real life examples and I think Kuang's background in history is really what grounds this series. I don't know if I can think of any other books that so perfectly encapsulate war and the cause and effect that surround it. It's not a simple subject so I appreciate that she isn't throwing a simple solution at it.

Rin is so ridiculously cool. I love her and I hate her but regardless of how I feel about her at any given moment, she's undeniably powerful and slightly crazy. I love it. I think The Dragon Republic really gave me a chance to become attached to the characters (which made the pain so much worse). There was so much world building and so many introductions in The Poppy War that this book is when everything started to set in for me. Just as much happened, but I wasn't spending as much time trying to understand the fundamentals of this fantasy world and was able to direct my brain capacity elsewhere.

Anyway, I have a feeling The Burning God will destroy me even more. I don't have a good feeling about it. But I'm sure it will be an incredible read. Honestly, if I didn't reserve 5 star ratings for my very favorite books this would easily be deserving of the rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Torture, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent, Abortion, and Vomit

pamgrace18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexism, Child death, Rape, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Genocide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, and War

charlereads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Animal death, Colonisation, Cursing, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Abortion, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, War, Xenophobia, and Vomit

georg591's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Abortion, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Torture

erikaj_h's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, War, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Colonisation

Moderate: Blood, Cannibalism, Gun violence, and Misogyny

ghostbirds's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Gore, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Rape, Vomit, and Self harm

Minor: Genocide and Cannibalism

ging090803's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

Hum, what can I say? The world building is extraordinary. I really like it, everything is just so well-described. The war is fine. I mean, yeah, we needed a war to continue. It's okay. But Rin? For real, I can't. I like her, but I hate her at the same time. She is just so powerful yet so weak. She can't make decisions for shit. She is too stubborn. She is blind.

Everyone is betraying her and she still can't learn from her mistake

Sometimes, I liked her. She is powerful, had some good ideas. Sometimes, she was kind of human. Otherwise... no. I do like the fact that she is morally gray though.
Yeah, it's complicated. Rin is just... Rin. 
Honestly, I took a pretty long break while reading this book just because of Rin. The only thing keeping me read is the world building I guess. It's the plot. I just want to know how it's going to end, but I do not care if it turns out bad for Rin or not.   

Like, die or live, I don't care. I just want to know if Nikara will survive

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Colonisation, Blood, Addiction, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Racism, Gun violence, Infertility, Abortion, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Genocide, Rape, Cannibalism, and Vomit

aehist'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, War, Xenophobia, Torture, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Colonisation, Child death, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, and Abortion