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

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow… just wow. Like every other review I’m gonna say it was such a good series and it will be in my mind always. The final book was a perfect chapter that came to a close.

The shear destruction the country has been through is crazy. 
The city that the Hespaeians made in such a short time is double crazy especially how much they changed towards their ideals. And it’s weird thing because on one hand their improving some aspects of life there but on the other hand erasing the culture that was there to start


Now on to the ending I knew it wasn’t over with those 50pages left and the footnote for the author saying I was going to cry. 
She was correct last pages took me😪 Rin was constantly someone who thought fighting was the only option but I’m glad in that moment she saw clarity that she could give her country that fighting chance but it didn’t include her or Kitay.

Favorite part was Sister Petra’s meet and greet with the gods.

 
And lastly Nezhas pov at the end and also in the bonus section got me torn to pieces. Their relationship was a twisted one like fire and water. I was they could’ve found happiness but I don’t think it was in their fates.

Fav quote of many~
“Take what you want, it said. I’ll hate you for it. But I’ll love you forever. I can’t help but love you.
Ruin me, ruin us, and I’ll let you”
Bonus
“He knew exactly what choice she’d made and what she’d intended. And that made everything—hating her, loving her, surviving her—so much harder.
Fix this”

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