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A review by pages_with_panda
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
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
5.0
It’s going to be a bit challenging for me to talk about Book 3 by itself without referring to the Trilogy as a whole but I’ll try; We continue Rin’s struggles during the civil war in Nikan.
She’s the newly appointed leader of the Cike, struggling with being a replacement to Altan as she vows vengeance against the Empress. In comes Yin Vaisra, the Dragon Warlord, who promises Rin her chance at revenge if she serves him in a war towards Democracy.
In the following war, we’re reintroduced to Nezha, Kitay, Venka, and even Chagin. The threat of Hesperians is closer than ever and we get to hear their philosophies from their own mouths as an evil race from the West.
We get to travel across Nikan in more details as the civil war erupts across the entire country. Rin plays her part but continues to be easily manipulated. Her journey in this book is breaking free from anyone who would command her and her finding the strength to make her own decisions and choices. I loved that the final chapter held her accountable to herself. She made the choices at the end. It was all her!
This book was full of returning to roots; of circles. Rin returns to Tikany, she returns to her people after trying to distance herself from them while in Sinesgard. She sees her foster family again, we revisit the history of the Trifecta from a new perspective. We visit old friends and old enemies.
Everything in the book reminded us that history comes full circle.
Some nitpicking about the books: because of how much traveling we do and how important the geography of the land is, I wish we could’ve gotten more detail maps.
I loved the series as a whole but this book may have been my favorite. A tragically beautiful story from start to finish.
She’s the newly appointed leader of the Cike, struggling with being a replacement to Altan as she vows vengeance against the Empress. In comes Yin Vaisra, the Dragon Warlord, who promises Rin her chance at revenge if she serves him in a war towards Democracy.
In the following war, we’re reintroduced to Nezha, Kitay, Venka, and even Chagin. The threat of Hesperians is closer than ever and we get to hear their philosophies from their own mouths as an evil race from the West.
We get to travel across Nikan in more details as the civil war erupts across the entire country. Rin plays her part but continues to be easily manipulated. Her journey in this book is breaking free from anyone who would command her and her finding the strength to make her own decisions and choices. I loved that the final chapter held her accountable to herself. She made the choices at the end. It was all her!
This book was full of returning to roots; of circles. Rin returns to Tikany, she returns to her people after trying to distance herself from them while in Sinesgard. She sees her foster family again, we revisit the history of the Trifecta from a new perspective. We visit old friends and old enemies.
Everything in the book reminded us that history comes full circle.
Some nitpicking about the books: because of how much traveling we do and how important the geography of the land is, I wish we could’ve gotten more detail maps.
I loved the series as a whole but this book may have been my favorite. A tragically beautiful story from start to finish.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Racism, Death, Violence, War, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, and Confinement