Reviews tagging Fire/Fire injury

The Dragon Republic, by R.F. Kuang

169 reviews

mikah_wazowski's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Addiction, Excrement, Body horror, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Rape, and Excrement

amyp3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

COULD NOT PUT DOWN

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Torture, Blood, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Self harm, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Body horror, Drug abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, War, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

francestea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

A really successful second novel. Totally consuming. Looking back at it, I realize book 2 has quite a lot of plot points but there’s enough space within the story to let the characters breath- it’s well balanced.  I really enjoyed watching Rin learn to control her power and reconnect with old schoolmates . There’s some joy mixed in with the heartache but this is still a war novel and I was very tense each battle hoping my favourite characters wouldn’t die. The ending was compelling too, I’ve already got my paws on book 3!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Addiction, Racism, Vomit, and Rape

ruuntvoces's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Medical trauma and Self harm

Minor: Religious bigotry, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

itsmoe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Child death, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Xenophobia, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Cursing, Rape, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Racism, Drug abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Forced institutionalization

tm400's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

rf kuang did it AGAIN with this book im in shock….
such a great sequel to the poppy war, it was so well paced & i was enthralled with the story constantly. the last hundred pages or so RIPPED MY HEART OUT i still cant believe it…… 
kuang manages to perfectly & convincingly detail a story from such a limited third person perspective; its so hard to look at all angles of this story when its all told from rin’s pov. never been a huge fan of war topics in my reading selections but this one & its predecessor were absolutely astonishing. 5/5 stars Again from such a talented author 

(my copy had 654 pages) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Sexual violence, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Colonisation, Classism, and Genocide

lea8914lh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Murder, War, Xenophobia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Self harm, and Vomit

qani's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm not sure I always liked Rin, but I liked the Cike and Kitay and I think though it was brutal that it was brutally honest. About war, discrimination, crimes and colonialism. It's not beautified in any way and I think that's the only right way to tell this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Animal death, Body horror, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Classism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

missbsbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, Violence, Gore, Torture, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Rape

kbremer23's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abandonment, Addiction, Classism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Alcohol