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The Burning God
by R.F. Kuang
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
I didn’t like this one as much as the two first ones because what the fuck?!!!
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I loved The Poppy War. It was an absolutely brilliant first volume for this thrilling trilogy.
Rin is a very morally gray character and I loved her.
I loved all of the characters, really. They all seemed very true.
The power struggles were excellent, mind blowing and gut wrenching.
But this last book confused me, at least the last third of it.
Kitay’s character lost depth and meaning, serving only as a way to elaborate on Rin’s plans for the nation.
Nezha’s relationship to his God was only very vaguely explained.
The whole trifecta part was nice but kind of disappointing and very expected.
And mostly, the very end of the novel was probably the best and the worst of all the trilogy.
I loved this ending because it was just a beautiful reflection of the truth, but I hated it because it reduced the entire story to stupid power plays, when it was way more than that.
Overall, I think The Poppy War (1) can be read as a standalone, and I completely understand the thrill to continue reading Rin’s adventures!
The Dragon Republic was also super interesting with a great development on colonization with the Hesperians and the Gray Company.
But the Burning God serves mostly as an ending. There are two many things happening in this novel — honestly it could have been cut in two! More development on Rin’s epic journey in Mount Tianshan and the introduction of the Trifecta would have been appreciated. The way it was written here made me feel like it was a lot of lore building through the first two books for nothing. Maybe it lacked some depths.
And Rin’s winning the war could have easily served as another book as well. Not enough development on the casualties of the war, only two pages on the famine were not sufficient I think.
The whole ending makes this war childish, which enlightened perfectly Rin’s thirst for power.
I just feel like it was such a waste to make Rin so hungry for fighting. In the beginning of The Poppy War, she’s way more connected to herself and her life ends up being kind of pathetic.
Conclusively, great trilogy. Lots of things to think and talk about I admit.
Possibly my favourite trilogy ever. I hope to soon find another book that made me cry as hard as TPW.
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I loved The Poppy War. It was an absolutely brilliant first volume for this thrilling trilogy.
Rin is a very morally gray character and I loved her.
I loved all of the characters, really. They all seemed very true.
The power struggles were excellent, mind blowing and gut wrenching.
But this last book confused me, at least the last third of it.
Kitay’s character lost depth and meaning, serving only as a way to elaborate on Rin’s plans for the nation.
Nezha’s relationship to his God was only very vaguely explained.
The whole trifecta part was nice but kind of disappointing and very expected.
And mostly, the very end of the novel was probably the best and the worst of all the trilogy.
I loved this ending because it was just a beautiful reflection of the truth, but I hated it because it reduced the entire story to stupid power plays, when it was way more than that.
Overall, I think The Poppy War (1) can be read as a standalone, and I completely understand the thrill to continue reading Rin’s adventures!
The Dragon Republic was also super interesting with a great development on colonization with the Hesperians and the Gray Company.
But the Burning God serves mostly as an ending. There are two many things happening in this novel — honestly it could have been cut in two! More development on Rin’s epic journey in Mount Tianshan and the introduction of the Trifecta would have been appreciated. The way it was written here made me feel like it was a lot of lore building through the first two books for nothing. Maybe it lacked some depths.
And Rin’s winning the war could have easily served as another book as well. Not enough development on the casualties of the war, only two pages on the famine were not sufficient I think.
The whole ending makes this war childish, which enlightened perfectly Rin’s thirst for power.
I just feel like it was such a waste to make Rin so hungry for fighting. In the beginning of The Poppy War, she’s way more connected to herself and her life ends up being kind of pathetic.
Conclusively, great trilogy. Lots of things to think and talk about I admit.
Possibly my favourite trilogy ever. I hope to soon find another book that made me cry as hard as TPW.