Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

166 reviews

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit

Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery, Dementia

goblingirlreads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It felt amazing to be back in this world. The Poppy War was already dark and this book only gets darker as Rin gets swept into her next war pretty much right away rather than after a school training arc. This book started with a bang and then never let up with military action, followed by intense scene followed by military action, intense scene, military action etc. I was captivated the whole book but I did also feel overwhelmed at times by the fast pacing and how much tactical military stuff was in this one - I definitely prefer the intense scenes! I loved getting to see more character development from Kitay and Nezha. I thought they were wonderfully brought to life in this one. Rin was her fiery stubborn self the whole book and I like her a lot but admit I wanted to see a bit more journey or growth. Her big character realization happens right at the end, and it was exactly what I wanted when I finally got there but it did feel like her arc was simply a bridge to set up a bigger journey in book 3. I still really enjoyed this adventure and am ready to be destroyed by the third book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief

Moderate: Self harm

kindredbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry

rachelisreading's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma

karingforbooks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Fantastic book. I liked watching rin try and cope on her own and form or fox relationships and watching her make the same mistakes because of justifying it, while infuriating, was perfect for rin. The flaws of the characters are so nuanced and clear and they inform their actions brilliantly. The politics are crazy complicated and the Hesperian make me want to burn them donen like rin would! Brutal book but well done!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit

idlereader's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death