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

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The first half was very readable, but I got lost in the details sometimes. The second half, however, I devoured! All of the seemingly unrelated strings from the first half tie together by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder