Reviews

The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara

katharim's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

closet_of_socks's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Rape

lilyluan's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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

3.25

dunforde's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

brigitte's review against another edition

I gotta sit with this one for awhile before I’ll know the rating….

whiteraven191's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

icvelx's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, and Rape

nataliecg's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-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

4.0

greathornedowl's review against another edition

informative reflective sad 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

3.0

eveningreverie's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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

3.25

Really cool premise with lacking execution. Temporally-fragmented narrative seemed purposeless besides a couple of rather unnecessary twists. A sense of time that at times stretches indomitably long and at times condenses such vast swaths of time into a footnote. A lot of the time, I didn’t care for a few of the simultaneous stories. I get what they’re doing in the context of the narrative (I.e.

I get it, she has a clarinet, maybe these are a real-time representation of her dad’s tangential thoughts

), but more often than not it feels fundamentally disconnected from itself. There’s little here that couldn’t have been successfully (or more so) told chronologically.