puffins57 's review for:

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book took me a while to get though because life got in the way but every time I picked it up I was immediately fully transported right back in the heart of it. So much happened in this entire series. It was a heavy read, all three books loaded with content and information and the rage and grief and horrors of war, and it was so beyond worth it. There’s so much to say about it all. I loved the symbolism and parallels within the series. I loved the Fire and Water, the call to real history, the voice given to those silenced and forgotten. I honestly didn’t fully understand why everyone was raving so completely about this series until finishing it. There was so much I loved from all three books and so much that resonated with me from her burning her skin and beyond, but that ending truly has left me at a loss for words. To see someone who we’ve grown with, someone so full of life and fire and eternal rage— someone with such an unyielding will to live and endure decide to ultimately take their life. For someone to be so determined to life and sacrifice so much and call for others to sacrifice so much… but then there really was no other way for this to end. I cried.