Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

100 reviews

noms01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

Holy shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Abortion

queenkath32's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Death, War, Blood, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Rape, Violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Self harm, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Classism, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Cursing, Genocide, Sexual violence, Confinement, and Murder

blyberry345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Addiction, Classism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Rape, Violence, Racism, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Child death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Abortion, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Blood

sxbui5's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Gun violence, Confinement, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Murder, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Rape, Physical abuse, Cursing, Classism, Mental illness, Genocide, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Torture, Sexism, and Blood

anispaperbacks's review

dark sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

 

This is def my fav in the trilogy so far!! I just couldn't put it down, I was so engaged the whole time. I had taken a bit of a break from reading it initially because I had just gotten started and was travelling and not quite fully into the book yet but once I *was* into it, I just consumed it. I read the vast majority of it over about 2 days. It was so brilliant to see R.F Kuang further take us on the characters journey and see how things have affected them, how they've changed and developed as people, and I really felt like I was along for the ride with them, never really knowing who I could trust and it was really interesting to watch Rin's views change throughout the book as well as straight up question my own in regards to the book's politics. There were so many little twists and I had my jaw on the floor in shock quite a few times. Kuang really knows how to pick you up and throw you around like a rag doll, my emotions were all over the place in regards to the characters istg I am never getting attatched to a character ever again /od But alongside all the backstabbing and betrayal that I felt on a personal level, the book also gave us characters and character dynamics you can really root for. Particularly, Rin and Kitay. GOD they mean so much to me. I just aboslutely adore how you can really see their closeness and comfortability just through the little ways in which they interact with each other. And you better know that I am an absolute SUCKER for strong and close platonic love. I eat that shit up. If anything happens to them in The Burning God I'm going to kill myself right there on the spot. My only gripe with the book is that sometimes I'm just not really sure what I'm supposed to be picturing as the book is more focused on the action than descriptions at the time. I had the same problem with The Poppy War too, but it's literally no big deal anyway and the scenes still have really effective imagery. 

The book was much less graphic than The Poppy War but still had some tough and/or gorey scenes. 

Overall, I just super super enjoyed reading this and the ending has me so so so excited for the next book (I also am keen to get more pirate action). I hope Rin gets to go nuts she deserves it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Animal death, Drug abuse, Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Death, Addiction, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Excrement, Genocide, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Cursing, Racism, and Classism

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Gun violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, Torture, Kidnapping, and Medical content

harvey7leah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

Jesus. While I found Rin to be a pity party in the first half, I was completely unprepared to swept away by the second half of this book. There were so many moments that on retrospect were obvious, but while I was in the thick of it I could not see coming. Ready to devour The Burning God like the Phoenix has taught me!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, Sexual violence, Sexism, Medical content, Drug use, Addiction, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Grief, Genocide, Self harm, Rape, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Colonisation, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Classism

readwthsam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, Addiction, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Medical content, Grief, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Murder, and Death

Minor: Abortion and Sexual assault

icy_queen's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual violence, Self harm, Racism, Genocide, Addiction, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, Rape, Violence, Gore, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Infertility, and Abortion

lglais's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

 ✨ Que vontade de pular de um penhasco com esse final! ✨

Nezha, POR QUÊ?

Sério, ver como o homem branco deseja colonizar países e destruir etnias por religião e por se sentir superior, que morte.

Vontade de gritar
Não sei se consigo ler o próximo em seguida

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Religious bigotry, Blood, Xenophobia, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abortion

rubbertree14's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

It’s hard to rate this book, as the writing itself is good and the world building is good, and I love how the author has tied fantasy and history together. But, the book feels longer than it needs to be. I wish there were less characters to track and more delving into the ones that have front stage, especially the women in this book. All the female characters seem very one-dimensional, even our leading lady. I think the only well-developed character in this series is Kitay. The history and lore is amazing, but wish the plot and characters were there as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Addiction, Gore, Self harm, Abortion, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Medical content, Rape, Vomit, War, Classism, Colonisation, Animal death, Death, Body horror, Drug use, Genocide, Child death, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

Graphic