Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

198 reviews

kayfab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Misogyny, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Body horror, and Classism

codifyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Kitay deserved better. I wish Rin had more character development instead of constantly being unsure and changing her mind depending on others opinions. The ending made me pity Nezha and understand that all of them were victims. Venka was actually shocking and I really didn't like how her and Rin left off; I thought it ruined their friendship and development just as a way to show Rin's deterioration but I feel like that had already been displayed plently in other ways. I wish there was more of Chaghan and his storyline. Overall, it was a good book and the ending was fitting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Xenophobia, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Torture

Minor: Slavery and Self harm

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

abbyreadsandwrites's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Pandemic/Epidemic

thewellbitch's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death, Xenophobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Colonisation, Torture, Racism, War, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol

faraway_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This saga is so cruel... 10/10 it destroyed me 😃

"Let them think of us as dirt, Rin thought. She was dirt. Her army was dirt. But dirt was common, ubiquitous, patient, and necessary. The soil gave life to the country. And the earth always reclaimed what it was owed."

"And she still loved him. She’d never stop. But that didn’t matter.You’ve abandoned me, she thought as he wept with relief into her shoulder. You thought you could fool me, but I know your soul. And if you’re not with me, you’ll burn, too."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

_nne's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

It truly is complicated.

I loved the whole trilogy: characters, rivalry, desperation, gods, villains. I can see it's many many flaws, but I'm here for the ride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, and Drug use

stephlikestoread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

laurynreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

Not sure how I feel about the ending… I did enjoy this book for the most part though. The ending just felt a little… sudden.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug use, Colonisation, and Racism

kento's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

jesus christ that was so good, genuinely. it didn’t feel like i was just reading a book but a more like a long forgotten prophetic fable or something from ancient times lol. not once was i bored reading this, which is something that i struggle with especially in longer~ books. 

the perfect ending in my opinion, there was no other way. i won’t like i definitely saw it coming there was no way rin would get a happy ending, her life in and of itself was a tragedy. there was no way she would live in a world without war, in which she would be nothing but a spectacle. i loved the rin and nezha dynamic and wished this book had more of them interacting but i understand it probably wouldn’t make sense given there fighting a war against each other lol. <spoiler/> 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, War, Vomit, Suicide, Racism, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Classism, Child death, Cannibalism, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, and Torture