Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

60 reviews

fiveredhens's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

favorite quotes:

"Jinzha?" Jiang frowned, digging his little finger into his ear. "The older Yin brat?"

"Yes," Daji said.

"I think taught him at Sinegard. Utter asshole. Whatever happened to him?"

"He got plucky," Daji said. "I turned him to mincemeat and sent him back to Vaisra in a dumpling basket."

Jiang arched an eyebrow. "Darling, fucking what?"

"It's a bad guest that shows up
unannounced," Daji said.

"Not if a third guest is holding a knife to the host's throat," Rin said.

"This analogy has lost me," Jiang said.

How many chances, asked Altan, are you going to throw away?

At least one more, she thought, and ignored his jeering laughter.

Their eyes met. She felt a shock of horror. She recognized the way he was looking at her. It was how she'd once looked at Altan. It was the way she'd seen Daji look at Riga—that look of wretched, desperate, and reproachful loyalty. It said, Do it. Take what you want, it said. I'll hate you for it. But I'll love you forever. I can't help but love you. Ruin me, ruin us, and I'll let you.

good pacing, good exposition, and an end i can't tell if i loved or hated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

maddiebusick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

totallyshelfaware's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder

olivialandryxo's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

An immersive, clever, and heartbreaking conclusion to a brilliant series. I love Rin and Kitay. I can’t wait to see what Kuang does next.

Representation

• amputee protagonist of color
• side characters of color

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Ableism, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Trafficking

goldengirlbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I’m deceased. This series broke my heart. Please read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Murder

kaylamoran's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I knew R.F. Kuang wasn't going to be nice.  But I really, really hated the ending.  And not only because a couple of the plot twists at the end were predictable.  I literally had anxiety reading the last couple of chapters because I could tell where they were going and I hated it.

This sounds like a negative review.  It's not.  For a book to get me to react this strongly to it, it has to have really meant something to me.  This series is incredible, easily one of the best I've read.  I just don't know if I can bear to reread it.

I'm just so mad that Rin hated Kitay at the end.  He was always my favourite, I loved them together, and SHE was wrong.  I really wish she didn't lose it at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Murder

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

Well, I finally worked up the nerve to read what I knew was going to be a devastating wrap-up to a really amazing series. I ended up giving this one 4 ⭐s, and it took me a few days to write my review because I couldn't really quantify why that was. It came down to the fact that we got to the last 20 or so pages and there was still so much more to wrap up! And then the ending happened and I was like !!!!!! That was a choice that was made! 🥶😭☹️🙄🙈😖 I really feel like this one could have used a little bit more time to fully flesh out the ending. But then the thing that happened probably wouldn't have needed to happen soooooo? My bookstagram friend Traveling Cloak's review does a really stellar job of drilling down into a critical lens of this book, if you're interested. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

kindredbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Cannibalism

otherworlds's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is an absolutely beautiful, show-stopping, heart-wrenching ending to an amazing series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Explicit, detailed depictions of violent Western colonialism. Moderately-detailed depictions of

missionaries coercing/forcing people to convert to fantasy!Christianity.

Moderately-detailed mentions of human experimentation.

aliciareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Blood