Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Опиумная война by R.F. Kuang

1147 reviews

andst's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

af3435's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War

Minor: Animal death

dragongurrl's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I swear Kuang is easily one of my favorite authors….this was brutal and amazing. Plot twists I actually didn’t see coming. Violent depictions that were so well written you couldn’t look away while you died inside reading them. Any book this woman writes I will read. I’m sold. Immediately ready for book 2

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Infertility, Alcohol

lily_mar_ia's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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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Brilliantly gripping, yet nauseatingly real. A masterpiece of the horrors of war. Inventive and somehow still funny in its darkest moments

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Infertility

kaylaswhitmore's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wonderfully frustrating and painful. It took me a second to get accustomed to Kuang’s fast-paced style, and by the end of this first book I wasn’t totally convinced that this series is better off a trilogy than a longer chain of books, but I thoroughly enjoyed it regardless. If anything, I think of that as mostly a compliment, as I wish we would have had even more time dedicated to her world and it’s characters. One of my main critiques is that Kuang tends to let her supporting cast lay dormant when Rin is not with them, which can sometimes lead to two-dimensional stakes, but the upside is that the interactions we do see are often exceedingly charming or absolutely infuriating in the best way. A praise is that her use of real life inspiration is both ironic and rather devastating. I assumed coming into the book that certain historical events would be referenced, and it was still somehow even more disturbing to actually read through (

The Rape of Nanking

). I’m very excited to finish the trilogy and hope there’s some level of happiness waiting for our dear characters by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Colonisation, War, Classism

Moderate: Bullying

This book draws heavily from real life genocide and war events. It also deals with substance abuse, self-harm, and racism. Please thoroughly check other reviews and trigger/content warnings before beginning.

riley2399's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

whattaylorreads's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Classism

queenmabthered's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

beccahb's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

jessiesbizarreadventure's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail