Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

633 reviews

the_friendly_ghost's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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I really like this book, It's been well over 2 years since I first read it and I didn't realise how much I'd truely forgotten. 

Very enjoyable read, still hurts as much as the first time, better than the first one.

Fuck you, Nezha. I can't remember whether she kills Viasra but I really hope she does

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Deportation

run_like_a_river's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape

sarahemily0425's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I lived lifetimes reading this book. Wow.

Good lord. Can’t Rin catch a break? Insane book. Insane last 2 chapters. Fuck the Yin family. Fuck the Republic. Fuck the Hesperians. I hope Rin builds an unstoppable shamanic army and burns Arlong to the ground.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

jenaleehjanes's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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when rin set that hesperian r*pist’s balls on fire, i cheered

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

glowing_trilobite's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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All of this FOR WHATTTTTT???

SHE’S RIGHT BACK WHERE SHE STARTED BUT NOW WITH MOST OF HER FRIENDS DEAD!!!!

but fr this book was so well written I LOVED reading about

Kitay’s and Rin’s friendship and how they were not only able to mend what was broken but also become bonded??? tears in my friendship loving eyes I love that they were only thinking of each other in the moment that they each said yes and no.

FUCK NEZHAAAAAA literally fuck that guy i KNEW he was evil but like frrrr??? I hope to soon watch his mother get tortured in front of him or something like literally the white people gotta goooooo.

anyways I was shocked by every plot twist and every new character added as well as every old character that passed

(jaw on the floor at poor little Ramsa may he rest in peace)

ALSO my fav Venka being the absolute BADASS that she is I literally love her sm she’s such good rep for women who have been thru enough shit to not give a single fuck anymore and I just love her for it. Finally it wouldn’t be a review if I didn’t talk about the main character a bit…. girl.

Like I’m so sorry Rin but it’s one thing to get bamboozled once but AGAIN??? She seriously needs to figure out her need to please the authority in her life bc bruhhhh she was pissing me off only listening to the closest man in her vicinity and having absolutely no backbone of her own like i get being a 20 year old woman feeling like a lost little girl and needing guidance but she had so many people around her that were willing and able to give her actually good advice and not just telling her to fight to her death all the time. I think she’s learned her lesson by now but she was really getting on my nerves before lol.

Overall this was such a good book with all of the character flaws and development and twists and turns it really made me feel all the emotions which I always count as a win. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic

cryptidwaterloo's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

cristianafm's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Abortion

m3ndk's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 34%

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It's fiction, what other reason do I need ?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape

mkhertzenberg's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

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This book is great but I’m a little surprised it’s the highest rated of the trilogy! Was definitely a bit slower than book 1.

Still on track to be the most violent series I’ve read. Think I’m gonna take a bit of a brain break before tackling book 3.

I love Kitay so I’m glad he’s back in the fold more. Rin and Nezha teaming up was one of my favorite parts of book 1, but them reverting back to enemies was inevitable. So many awful things happened throughout the book that by the time some of the more significant and sad deaths happened at the end it didn’t feel as impactful as it should’ve. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gore, Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

shannonscotteditorauthor's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, Alcohol