Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

198 reviews

ellenisntcool's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Vomit, and War

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Addiction, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Alcohol

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I don't know where to begin. Kuang is an excellent writer and creator of characters. I fell in love with Chen Kitay and his bond with Rin was the most moving aspect of the story. Rin's ending felt fitting, inevitable, and unsettling. It feels so cruel that Nezha is the only surviving character out of the dozen or so we came to love. He was so well written, but I wish more was done with his character ultimately. The third installment felt so very rushed and frustrating at times. I'll be thinking about this for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

sunsetcity's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bloodbrooxv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

È difficile mettere una parola davanti all'altra nel parlare del finale di una serie che ho amato dall'inizio alla fine e a cui mi sono profondamente affezionata, ma ci proverò comunque.

L'ultimo libro di questa trilogia si è dimostrato senza dubbio all’altezza dei precedenti.
La trama si mantiene costantemente interessante e coinvolgente, e non mancano sicuramente colpi di scena destabilizzanti. Avendo adorato la seconda metà della repubblica del drago ho apprezzato particolarmente il ritmo della storia e le situazioni esplorate, soprattutto perché è evidente quanto l'autrice sia effettivamente informata sull'argomento.

La guerra in questo libro viene presentata in modo molto realistico: brutale, logorante e che toglie indiscriminatamente la vita a colpevoli e innocenti, senza preoccuparsi di risparmiare personaggi solo perché considerati interessanti. È straziante pensare a come le situazioni di cui leggiamo siano testimonianze trascritte di fatti avvenuti realmente durante la seconda guerra sino-giapponese: è proprio vero che la crudeltà umana non ha limiti.

Parlando dei personaggi, la Kwang si è dimostrata un'altra volta abilissima nel caratterizzarli e nel rendere le loro scelte coerenti con ciò che è avvenuto nei libri precedenti. Rin è una protagonista pazzesca, e in questo libro ci viene mostrato alla massima potenza quanto possa essere spietata e pronta a sacrificare chiunque e qualsiasi cosa per raggiungere i propri obbiettivi. Anche Kitay e Nezha, pur venendoci presentati dal punto di vista di Rin, rimangono personaggi pazzeschi e che ho amato dall'inizio alla fine.

E poi arriviamo al finale. Perfetto e totalmente centrato nella sua brutalità: c'era solo un modo in cui la storia sarebbe potuta finire. (QUESTO NON LO RENDE MENO DOLOROSO REBECCA ASPETTO IL BONIFICO PER PAGARE LA TERAPIA)

In conclusione la trilogia della guerra dei papaveri si dimostra nuovamente essere la mia serie adult fantasy preferita, e tutto il credito va dato alla bravura disarmante di Rebecca.

(Aspetto il prequel sulla Triade come la seconda venuta di Cristo. Amen)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Rape

Minor: Cannibalism

being_stupid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Dementia

moooooshell'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation

thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

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

4.25

I liked this finale more than book 2 but neither book lived up to book 1 for me. I do think this series could have been a quartet, as so much happens in this final book and so many plot points could have been (and in other books would have been) the climax of this book. Another book would have given it more time to breath. This series deals with the realities of war beautifully and the sacrifices made as well as what can and cannot be returned from. Everyone warns about the ending and the series being devastating, but by time we got to it, I didn't see any other way it could have gone. The inevitabilities of war is exactly the point of this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, and War

Moderate: Rape

fynnnnnn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Abandonment, and Alcohol

natnat_7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Slavery, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion