Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

203 reviews

thienly's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Racism, Torture, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

rudireads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death

Just…..Wow

alexdicanio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

 Wow. Absolutely incredible.

Political intrigue, war, opposing ideals, grief, characters that you root for but also sometimes hate. What a powerful trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ripxreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death and Cannibalism

alyanna_dm's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

justlilah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

Never again in my life will i find something like this. Never again will a book leave me so thoroughly devastated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

quinnyquinnquinn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Rape, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Abortion, Abandonment, and Alcohol

foxmulders's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i’ll hate you for it, but i’ll love you forever. i can’t help but love you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

madisonbell_'s review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

zharaa13's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

<Spoiler>

So this book was amazing. Especially the ending, I was wondering how R.F. Kuang would finish a series like this as I always hate when things just are okay and fine once "the good guys" won the war and then everyone is happy and as someone came from a war stricken country I know that isn't the case. I loved the fact that Rin was a bad leader she couldn't possibly be a queen or empress, she was a soldier and soldiers don't stop fighting and turning Rin into a better show Daenerys Targaryen was the best decision.
I was a bit bored midway through but things started escalating fast and towards the end I was on the edge of my seat.
I really wish we knew what happened to kesgi I really felt sorry for him and Kittay deserved better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Colonisation, and Classism