Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

188 reviews

epointer44's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

theresa_timber's review against another edition

5.0

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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

threemjen's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

queenkath32's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

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

10stormlight's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation

Minor: Abortion

blyberry345's review against another edition

4.25

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

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Content Warnings

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

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

sxbui5's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

matthewbald1's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Rape, Blood

nataaaliya's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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If it were possible, I'd get every word of this trilogy inked into my skin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship

emzand'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: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Great sequel but really really grim at times. Those content warnings are no joke.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Colonisation