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La dea in fiamme by R.F. Kuang

265 reviews

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

meggspence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This was my first adult fantasy series that I've read in years and man I ate it up. Once I was 150 pages from the end I plopped on a couch and finished it in a sitting. This trilogy taught me so much about the history of China from WW2 - Cultural revolution and British colonization. 

I loved Nezha and Kitay, and as complicated as Rin was, I still loved following this story through her perspective. I will also say (spoiler free) the ending somehow brought me an unexpected relief despite such a disastrous situation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Drug use, Cannibalism, Classism, Death, Religious bigotry, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide

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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

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

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

atlaslan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

Woah, I really cannot say a thing else. Woah. I've never read a trilogy so strong. I know this trilogy will stick with me for a long time. I jsut finished it so I can't say much more than I'm in awe. R. F. Kuang will never fail to amaze me. It definetly had its slow points but kept me intrigued throughout the book. Rin is such a deliciously complex character morally black in reality but so interesting to read about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gaslighting, Violence, War, and Classism

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Racism, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cannibalism, Excrement, and Emotional abuse

amalas_bookstop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

This is without a doubt the best book in the series. R.F. Kuang finally found the perfect balance between the battles and character dynamics between each other. The pacing in this one was extremely well done. Compared to the last book this one seemed to read so much easier. This book had highs and lows and it wasn’t just extreme intensity on every page. Don’t get me wrong final book definitely had it a twists and turns, but it just felt way more settled. 

What an amazing ride! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, Body horror, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Self harm, Bullying, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Classism, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

mandywoah's review against another edition

adventurous 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

Please read tigger warning before going into this series. Rebecca is a very talent writer and her descriptions are very vivid. 

While the subject matter of this series is hard to handle and difficult to digest, the writing itself isn’t. I had been hooked on these books since page one of The Poppy War. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Addiction, War, Drug use, Racism, Sexism, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Genocide, Gore, Child death, and Colonisation

gracemcbee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Cannibalism, Torture, Violence, War, Rape, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Self harm, and Death