A review by book_ishjournal
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I loved the plot of the story the force to drive it forward. I was interested in scheming and all those things. However, it was too slow paced. With the first book I could still understand the pacing this time it was harder because there was no character development for Rin. I knew in the first book that I don't like her but that was okay, I still wanted to see her perspective. This book it was just disappointment after disappointment... I get why she is like that but there was no improvement to her character. This book just let me down a lot but I will still read the next book.