Reviews tagging 'War'

La dea in fiamme by R.F. Kuang

405 reviews

lauragracel's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

elizabeth_helmer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Grief, Violence, Animal death, Colonisation, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Rape, War, Vomit, Genocide, and Blood

saraellington_'s review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I loved the Poppy War, but the Dragon Republic and Burning God don’t compare. though to be fair, with each subsequent book in the trilogy, it’s difficult to tell if the story becomes less captivating or i just like Rin significantly less

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

jackjcaseyv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Rape, Torture, Murder, Gore, Cursing, Child death, War, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Genocide, Drug use, and Death

melitrophium's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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: Drug abuse, Colonisation, Violence, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, War, Death, Medical trauma, Animal death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cannibalism, Torture, Racism, Classism, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Self harm, Alcoholism, and Incest

leaflit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Just really not into this series personally. This one felt like it dragged on even more than the others I was just waiting for it to be over. So violent. This one had cannibalism too. Just march, fight, repeat. Bunch of characters died. Not really sure about the ending. Overall this book is not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Classism, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Animal death, Child death, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, War, Gore, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Torture, and Body horror

sarahl13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Animal death, War, Violence, Torture, Gore, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

sierraclimbs's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

I don’t even know what to say about this book… this entire story is so sad & challenging… I’m glad that I read it. But I’m not coming away from it wanting to recommend it to people. 
Rin is such a frustrating protagonist to follow… she makes very human mistakes & I think as a reader you are not always used to your protagonist making mistake after mistake. It makes the story feel very real & raw. But I’m also upset & frustrated. 

I so badly wanted these characters to have a happy ending… and I’m sure many people would interpret that they did… just after so much suffering, all I wanted was for Rin & Nezha to come back to each other in peace & love even if it was platonic… but it wouldn’t be realistic… a girl can hope though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Cannibalism, Child death, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Murder, and Animal cruelty

vibingandy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i will never recover - the way their relationships culminated in the conclusion of the book was both incredibly beautiful and incredibly devastating …. no joy but it was life changing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Genocide, Sexism, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Drug abuse, Genocide, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Rape, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Child death, and Medical trauma

adisiki's review against another edition

4.5

Devastating, heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, all the emotions. They weren’t lying about this series, an all-time fav for sure 10/10. Such an emotional journey, I loved Rin, Kitay, and Nezha. I did feel like this one dragged a little bit at times, but the ending was too much and I was devasted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Drug use, War, and Animal death