Reviews - A Deusa em Chamas

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A Deusa em Chamas

R.F. Kuang

4.36 AVERAGE

sofiamarro's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

_stephanie_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chadhere's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

cassie_27's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chiaseedzz's review against another edition

3.0

Overall rating for the trilogy: 3.5/5

Having studied about the Opium and Sino-Japanese war back in school, the concept genuinely excited me bc of its novelty. Although, if Kuang was going to incorporate almost every tragedy into one fantasy timeline, perhaps there could be variations in the insights of each one apart from what a tragedy it was.

If I were the sort to enjoy stories on warfare and battle tactics, it might have been a more enjoyable book for me. But at one point, the multiple “plot twists” brought out more of a sense of dread rather than excitement. Maybe that was its intention but didn’t quite hit the grimdark level type shit bc I could not manifest enough care for Rin, let alone the other characters. Maybe Altan, bc I love broken men #icanfixthem (jk)

Character wise, I wish there were more meaning and allegory to the naming, esp if you were to use actual characters from Chinese lore (e.g. Jiang, Nezha etc). Or perhaps I’m not interpreting them correctly.

As per my previous review, still not a big fan of the opium x magic concept. I wonder what the point of emphasizing that opium can help you access the pantheon is meant to do. Mb its not that deep the magic just exists to add spice (and fire)- shall just accept that

The ending was satisfactory tho I’m really glad it ended the way it did. Overall it’s still a great series, esp for my battle-crazed friends who can talk about tactics and fantasies all day long.