Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Опиумная война by R.F. Kuang

2259 reviews

cornyylynn's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

mosaic_orion's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book challenged how I view politics, the world, and morality. I wish I could wipe my memory so I could read this book again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

refletedinme's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use

Minor: Bullying

thelanalibrary's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, War

mee_a_gan's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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No way was this Kuang’s debut novel how absolutely captivating and brutal

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Violence, Murder

syrah78's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think this is the first fantasy I've read where the chosen one is really the anti-hero. I really liked this book's connection to Chinese culture and it was interesting to have the mixture of history and fantasy collide. This book did not end the way I thought or wanted it to as a reader. However, I like that R.F. Kuang doesn't give the readers what they want. It makes her novels all the more darkly impactful. Rin's dystany was her on choice - though not really where I expected her character arc to end up. I am hoping to read the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Vomit, Murder, War

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Classism

leeikia's review against another edition

3.75

dark fast-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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took too long to get me to care tbh maybe bc of the weird pacing in the first half of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide

escrambled's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Genocide

rebecca_mdx's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Classism

serenityswan's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, War

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Pregnancy