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The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

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njthk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

I'm inconsolable.
Great conclusion for the trilogy and great book overall, but my least favorite of them all.
Some gripes I have with this book:

THE WHOLE TRIFECTA ARC JUST TO KILL THEM OFF?! JUST LIKE THAT?! When the bombs dropped I was like 'pah they surely survived that'. I WAS CERTAIN THEY WOULD RETURN, ONLY AFTER A 100 PAGES OR SO IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THERE COULDNT POSSIBLY BE SPACE FOR THEIR STORY ON SO LITTLE PAGES LEFT. And we never got to know what exactly Rigas powers were, bro was dead, resurrected and then dead again all in the span of 10 Minuten lmao.

I guess that just wasn't the focus of the Story but I can't help but wish for more.
Kuang opened up such a large World but in the end it still felt kinda unexplored.
Rins inner workings and morals were once again sooo interesting.

Her black and white thinking, the mental acrobatics girly did to justify her actions, the deep rooted racism at every corner and so onnnn.
Especially during the last pages it became apparent how far gone Rin was. The sheer Paranoia and the blindness for everything but War, Power another win and another one and another one.
I wanted to be mad at her as she killed Venka (THIS WAS SO FOUL) and then almost Kitay (I WILL FOREVER LOVE YOU KITAY) but I was just sad for her. Truly tragic.
AND THE ENDING.
Sounds strange but i'm so glad that Rin died. It was a good decision and it finally gave her rest. I hate when Authors can't say goodbye to their characters and just drag them along.

(And a random thought I had: It's so funny that all the male Yins look virtually the same. Kuang emphasized their physical similarities

(Riga, Vaisra, Nezha)

SO OFTEN, in the end I just pictured them as clones at different ages lmao.)

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bookbelle5_17's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Review of The Burning God

By: RF Kuang

Rin and Nezha are now enemies and Kitay is her anchor, who keeps her from losing her humanity. But it isn’t easy when your enemy has his own water God and not all your allies trust you nor do you trust your own capabilities.

This is an amazing end for fantastic trilogy. The confrontation between Rin and Nezha is complicated mess that shows how things aren’t so black and white. The whole trilogy has explored this with this war showing there’s no villains, just people who think they are in the right. You can understand Rin and Nezha’s rationalizations and you actually feel sorry for him, despite seeing things through Rin. We also see the consequences of Rin and Nezha’s Civil war and how it effects the people. Rin rationalizes that this war and if they side with the Republic they deserve to be punished. At the same time Rin wants and misses Nezha, and the pair can’t seem to kill each other even though the want to. Her relationship to Kitay gets shaken up as Rin gets closer to her fight with Nezha. He is a character that keeps Rin human and prevents her from relying on her fire power first. They are closer, because they’re anchored, but often clash on how to handle the war. It tears their relationship apart. I love how we learn about the Trifecta and its history. We get to see them in action as we see the full scope of their powers. There were a lot of great battle scenes between individual fights that involve God power.

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r_snail52's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

w-o-w R F Kuang does it time and time again, this series truly ripped me to shreds, might i be spoiled now for any revenge arc book because of this beautifully and intricately constructed epic, yes. Do i care, nope. I absolutely adore this i’ve never read anything like it, well except maybe for babel. READ THIS SERIES RIGHT NOW

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jessicaludden's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

“She was a goddess. She was a monster. She’d nearly destroyed this country. And then she’d given it one last, gasping chance to live.”

There’s so much to unpack in this book. It so vividly portrayed this endless cycle of war and the impacts of constant oppression not just to our main character and her surroundings but to the entire country and its people. Rin makes the same mistakes over and over again and while some people could be annoyed by that, I loved it. She’s far from perfect. She’s almost villainous and it was the most interesting concept to read. I love how every relationship revolves around such a deep sense of love and hatred. Her friendships are full of so much history making betrayals and deaths and battles hurt that much more. This book gives a bleak and realistic ending that left me feeling hollow inside but I can’t see it ending any other way.

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chaptertraveller's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective 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

WOW what a conclusion to this series!! I'm surprised to say that this was my least favourite of the three books, but it's still a solid 4 star read which imo, says a lot about the series as a whole and Kuang's insane writing abilities.

This book felt so much bigger that the others did, with the plot zooming out in a way that was more distant from the characters and comprehensive of Nikara, and yet I don't think it lost any of the character depth and development. I felt that overall, this book had a few pacing struggles comparatively, especially in the middle section of the book with

the Trifecta

specifically, but I think this conclusion was so so fitting for the story that Kuang was trying to tell.

After all,
The first rule of the Cike is that they cull, and Rin had already been to the Chuluu Korith...

Would I recommend? ABSOLUTELY

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ltc's review against another edition

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dark 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

5.0

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charlottesreadingweb's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

A brutal ending to this bleak trilogy- a scathing critique on the corruption of power, the brutality of war, the insidiousness of colonialism, and what to do when someone is presented with no good choices. There are no winners here. What I can say is this book felt a bit rushed & scattered to me. I think some of the world building was left hanging, namely the Hinderlands and the lore behind their tribes, the roots of shamanism, etc. I also felt

how the Trifecta's story line ended was a bit haphazard

. Ultimately, I thought this was an appropriate end to the unflinching violence of the Poppy War.

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moonlitreading_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark 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

5.0

“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.”

this book feels like getting stabbed a million times but you can’t die

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rinakei's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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decie's review against another edition

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5.0

rin. what the fuck.

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