Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

192 reviews

itisnatal'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, War, Animal death, Drug use, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, and Gore

_nne's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

It truly is complicated.

I loved the whole trilogy: characters, rivalry, desperation, gods, villains. I can see it's many many flaws, but I'm here for the ride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, and Drug use

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

heartsbyzak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, War, Animal cruelty, Child death, Drug use, Blood, Classism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Self harm, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Racism

hailsatan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Alcohol, Medical content, Cannibalism, Cursing, Sexism, Ableism, Addiction, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, War, Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Sexual content, and Torture

ellajk24's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, War, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism and Racism

Minor: Animal death and Suicide

zaharya's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

Well, I binged that in like 3 days, which probably says something. This trilogy is probably the most brutal series overall I’ve read so far, and the third book didn’t get any less so than the first two.
Excellent writing, but definitely not for the faint of heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Murder, War, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

Miss Kuang i would like to have a chat. why would you do this to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Abortion, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Genocide, Rape, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Excrement, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Suicide, War, Murder, Sexual violence, and Torture

grapestakes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Reflecting on this series as a whole, The Dragon Republic was definitely my favorite of the three. The politics there were just so entertaining. That said, this felt like an inevitable ending. I’m still processing and will be thinking about Rin and Kitay for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Animal death, War, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Genocide, Self harm, Mental illness, Drug use, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry

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

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

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