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A review by olivyre
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Spoilers!
I don’t know what to feel. I’m definitely crying but from what I don’t know. It was unlike anything I’ve ever read before and I both love the characters and feel like they really should all die (which they mostly all did).
I don’t know what to feel. I’m definitely crying but from what I don’t know. It was unlike anything I’ve ever read before and I both love the characters and feel like they really should all die (which they mostly all did).
That scene right before the ending when Nezha shows up and there’s just a moment where Kitay, Rin and Nezha could just be like the kids they were before the mess of a war, that made me cry the hardest. More than the ending. I feel a bit empty. Nezha was left with no one in the end.
AND VENKHA’S BETRAYAL AND SACRIFICE! THAT WAS SHOCKING!
I was so upset that Daji died I loved her from the start.
Was this the best of the series? Did it beat Dragon Republic? It made me cry so yes. I stayed up till midnight after reading 7 hours straight to finish it so yes. Sheesh.
‘They’d called her a mud-skinned commoner so often that the insult felt now like a call to arms. Let them think of us as dirt, Rin thought. She was dirt. Her army was dirt. But dirt was common, ubiquitous, patient, and necessary. The soil gave life to the country. And the earth always reclaimed what it was owed.’
‘They’d called her a mud-skinned commoner so often that the insult felt now like a call to arms. Let them think of us as dirt, Rin thought. She was dirt. Her army was dirt. But dirt was common, ubiquitous, patient, and necessary. The soil gave life to the country. And the earth always reclaimed what it was owed.’