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The Dragon Republic - Republik Naga by R.F. Kuang

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ghost_rider's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

4.5

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luliposatieris's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

somehow i was hooked the entire time but also so annoyed by Rin’s attitude throughout this book, it’s like she never grew up, always a little girl searching for everybody’s approval but standing up for herself once in a while
i honestly couldn’t stand her, everybody treated her like a stupid child and she didn’t contradict them
but i was never bored and always wanted to keep reading

what the fuck is up with Nezha ???
first he loves Rin, then he betrays her ??
also i loved that she finally realized she was being used and decided to escape, but hated that the ooonly eay she could’ve escaped was by killing Ramsa, Baji and Suni, the only likeable characters :/

but the WORST thing by FAR is the religious BULLSHIT the Hesperians say to justify using shaman’s as guinea pigs, saying they aren’t “natural” and that their god Chaos “rules over them” and they need to be “cleansed”
like wtf live and let live idiots, and RIN DOESNT DEFEND HERSELF FROM THEM AT ALLLLLLLLL

AND WHEN VENKA WAS RAPED AND SHE WANTED TO ABORT HER RAPIST’s BABY AND NEZHA’s MOTHER CURSED HER BECAUSE OF IT AND WOULDN’t LET HER WTFFF

1000000 people died and that was what enerved me the most

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aimeenotpond's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

WHAT THE FUCK.

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d4yd4y's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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brandedexplorer44's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

This is the second book in the series and it definitely packs a gut punch or two. I had to take a few breaks while reading to consume something a bit more cheerful as it’s very dark at times, but despite the descriptions being hard to read at times, it is important to read a fantasy that doesn’t treat war like a fun game.

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sleepy_yoshi's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I greatly enjoyed The Poppy War and I legitimately thought this series had the potential to go down as one of my all time favourites. It still may, but after reading the second entry I'm not quite so convinced anymore.

I did not greatly enjoy approximately the first two thirds of this book. It feels like the character's, Rin in particular, regressed in development. While this can make sense given her experiences and the circumstances her character goes through there's a balance to walk there between how long a character wallows and how much time it takes before them to start developing again. I don't think that line is walked particularly well here and part of this is imo because of the significantly slower pacing.

That being said the last third or so of the book is absolutely wonderful with a very satisfying concluding couple of chapters that completely changed my overall opinion of the novel. Given I'd lean towards 2 out of 5 for the first and second third and 5 out of 5 for the last third, 3 stars overall feels right.

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