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A review by kaylamoran
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I knew R.F. Kuang wasn't going to be nice. But I really, really hated the ending. And not only because a couple of the plot twists at the end were predictable. I literally had anxiety reading the last couple of chapters because I could tell where they were going and I hated it.
This sounds like a negative review. It's not. For a book to get me to react this strongly to it, it has to have really meant something to me. This series is incredible, easily one of the best I've read. I just don't know if I can bear to reread it.
I'm just so mad that Rin hated Kitay at the end. He was always my favourite, I loved them together, and SHE was wrong. I really wish she didn't lose it at the end.
This sounds like a negative review. It's not. For a book to get me to react this strongly to it, it has to have really meant something to me. This series is incredible, easily one of the best I've read. I just don't know if I can bear to reread it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Trafficking