Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Опиумная война by R.F. Kuang

1141 reviews

renorsomethin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark funny 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, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Self harm, Xenophobia, Vomit, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

tchtokyo's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation

arguhlincozzi's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

crystalsbookshelf's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark 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: Complicated

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if i could have i would have devoured this book in one sitting. thank you r. f. kuang.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Sexual violence, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Racism, Violence

julee_melii's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

kariatnip's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

chlschn's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark sad 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, Genocide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Murder

_christinadevin's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad 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: Yes

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I am in pain. What was that? Who am I? I was in utter shock for the last 100 pages and I’m not sure what to think anymore. Overall I thought it was very good, but I will say that a LOT happened and part of me wonders if it was too much. 
I'm going to read the next book because I am hooked now, idk if I’ll survive. IF YOU HAVE ANY TRIGGERS DO NOT READ THIS - LITERALLY ANY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, War

bbleoji's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Classism

redpollrory's review against another edition

5.0

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, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Excrement, Vomit