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Płonący bóg by R.F. Kuang

226 reviews

jessereadsthings's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Suicide, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cannibalism

egsy's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Would NOT recommend.

I nearly didn’t finish this book but the completionist in me forced me to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, and War

ddnreads's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

Me in 2021: for heaven's sake I won't re-read this series.

Me in 2023: oke let's see who knows the ending would be different. I'm reading the different language so yeah


Me finishing the book: 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡why would I even bother to re-read for real

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

tinyjude's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It was all there, laid out between them. All their shared fury, vindictiveness, bloodlust, and guilt. Her cruelty. His complicitly. Her desperation. His regret.

One of the most brutal fantasy trilogies I have ever read. I am rendered speechless, trying to absorb everything that happened, and feeling ultimately devoid of emotions and at the same time, overwhelmed because it has been such a haunting, horrifying and memorable journey. I knew that ending was coming for a long time, yet no amount of mental preparation saved my heart from sinking in those final pages at the complicated bond all these characters shared. So many bold decisions and unphantomable turns later, I have (been) finished (by) this trilogy, yet I regret none. The incredible historical and social commentary, the parallelism to real history mixed with such a complex and compelling fictional world-building and unforgettable characters, the writing style, the harshness and pain that flooded these pages as more and more lives were lost in so many different ways... 

I wish I could forget about it just so I could experience it all over again.

Rin has become one of my favourite irredeemable main characters of all times and I know I will miss her dearly from now on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

heartsbyzak'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

waiyeed's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, and Murder

hailsatan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ellajk24's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Racism and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal death and Suicide

zaharya's review against another edition

dark tense 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

Well, I binged that in like 3 days, which probably says something. This trilogy is probably the most brutal series overall I’ve read so far, and the third book didn’t get any less so than the first two.
Excellent writing, but definitely not for the faint of heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

praaliine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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

this book resulted in one of the most horrendous ugly crying episodes i’ve ever had. i can’t even put down my thoughts rn because its 6am, i just finished this book and i haven’t slept.

<16 hours after>
it was a tragedy unlike anything i’ve ever read, and there were times when the story was just so overwhelmingly depressing. i actually read over the final chapter again after work and i wept even harder.

rin vexed me on several occasions, that girl was brave and stubborn, stupid, strong yet so fragile at the same time. i loved kitay, i really did, so so much. i hated nezha like never before, but i felt so sorry for him it hurt. rf kuang has this gift for creating insanely complex yet unique and realistic characters, and stellar writing. i’m also angry with her for doing what she did with this book, it was honestly painful.

i can’t believe this series was her debut, it was incredible. rf kuang has just changed the way i view the fantasy genre and has set the bar so incredibly high.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol