A review by inknosedowl
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

This book was so good yet so devastating. It really felt like I was with Rin through out her entire life  the book
Is finished and all of the characters are forever gone in the pages and it feels wrong. 

I was so happy to see Rin finally have the courage and the confidence to be a leader. Not only a leader, but a good one with her powers. Until she started saying  it felt good to kill people. Then I knew we were seeing the inside of Rins mind fall apart like every other Shaman. I knew it had to end badly. Either her and Kitay would die or Kitay would have to lock her away…..she ended up doing the deed herself which I’m not sure makes it better. It almost feels like the entire series was not worth. Rin had gone through so much to become the person she was and it ended in misery. Kuang told us through the entire series how it would end, it just doesn’t feel better getting to it.

There are so many twists and turns in this novel it is truly amazing. This series is worth the read despite all that happens in the book. It was still amazing even though the ending broke my heart.