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A review by kelsyer
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
dark
sad
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
4.0
I just finished the book and it's hard to write a review about it. In part, because it left me reeling and in part because I know I will crave books like this from now on (and I just finished rerooting my tbr on Goodreads yesterday.)
Out of the whole trilogy, this last leg took me the longest to finish. It was horrible and hard to read, because of the horrors of war, the starvation (and cannibalism), the consequences of your actions catching up to you, the paranoia, the distrust...
It ended the only way I could imagine it would, because how could you come back from being a destructive force of vengence? Where is the line that you stop at? (Could you even stop yourself? Would you want to?)
This series will stay with me for a long, long time. The characters were complex, with their own motivations and belief systems, rarely were they black or white and they all made you feel for them.
(The only thing that I didn't really get was Altan in her mind. I was so sure for a long time that it was actually Daji egging her on and manipulating her, but Altan stayed and...)
Out of the whole trilogy, this last leg took me the longest to finish. It was horrible and hard to read, because of the horrors of war, the starvation (and cannibalism), the consequences of your actions catching up to you, the paranoia, the distrust...
It ended the only way I could imagine it would, because how could you come back from being a destructive force of vengence? Where is the line that you stop at? (Could you even stop yourself? Would you want to?)
This series will stay with me for a long, long time. The characters were complex, with their own motivations and belief systems, rarely were they black or white and they all made you feel for them.
(The only thing that I didn't really get was Altan in her mind. I was so sure for a long time that it was actually Daji egging her on and manipulating her, but Altan stayed and...)