Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

455 reviews

quetzalli101's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I will always think about this book. It was so difficult in the BEST way! I gritted my teeth and beat up my pillow because how emotional it made me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Classism

Minor: Sexual violence, Abortion

kryzysowa_narzeczona's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Abortion

sarapriz's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

catherinebullions's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Death, Gore, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, War, Injury/Injury detail

beau_b_reading's review against another edition

3.5

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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I sadly don't think any book of the series is ever gonna top the first (Poppy War), but I still enjoyed it enough to want to finish the series. I would recommend reading it in big chunks rather than occasionally, because the story doesn't hit as much that way whoops. Thank you Daniel for lending this copy to me :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Cannibalism, Acephobia/Arophobia

catzkey's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Murder

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

bidatie's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Complicated

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As always, love the brutality that is embraced by this series. War is horrible and messy and these books don’t shy away from it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

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

marcuss1day's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging inspiring 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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This sequel deepens the story and takes a few unexpected turns. True to the series, this book keeps you guessing who you can trust and who is friend and who is foe. While ya can't beat the feeling of the original book with it's introduction to a fantastic piece of historical fiction, this is about as good as any sequel gets. I'm just a guy telling, if you haven't introduced yourself to this world, do yourself a favor and check it out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, 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