Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

251 reviews

eagoldberg's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Cannibalism, and Classism

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

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

Minor: Self harm and Slavery

stuckinatimeloop's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.75

Fuck. This series irrevocably changed something inside of me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

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

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

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

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

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

egsy's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Would NOT recommend.

I nearly didn’t finish this book but the completionist in me forced me to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, and War

ddnreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

Me in 2021: for heaven's sake I won't re-read this series.

Me in 2023: oke let's see who knows the ending would be different. I'm reading the different language so yeah


Me finishing the book: 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡why would I even bother to re-read for real

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape