Reviews tagging Abandonment

The Dragon Republic, by R.F. Kuang

21 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

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

lynneliu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Racism, Addiction, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Religious bigotry, War, Xenophobia, and Torture

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Abandonment, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

fedekanejbrainrot's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

my favourite book in the series, loved the plot, the themes, the characters and relationships growth, and that last 3 chapters?  illegal

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Abandonment, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Torture, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

being_stupid'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

I have a love hate relationship with Rin, she's really well written. Like she has some kind of growth but refuse to reflect and stay really easy to manipulate due to her stubbornness. She's so full of herself that she refuses to believe she's wrong while simultaneously hating every part of her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual assault, War, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Sexism

Moderate: Xenophobia and Slavery

natnat_7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Rape, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Kidnapping, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Classism, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Vomit, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Bullying, Pregnancy, and Abortion

sunsetcity's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Rape, Vomit, War, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

helliepad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-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

The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because Rin is still sane (by this world's standards at least, which is waaaaaay different from ours, considering it's a war-torn patriarchal society that is out to kill her AND she has PTSD + trust and anger issues + a literal Destruction God whispering in her ear all the time) by the end of this.

I want the tragedy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Body horror, Medical content, Sexism, Torture, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Abandonment, and Religious bigotry

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Not as good as the first one, but it's difficult to top perfection. Kind of found myself drifting away during the fight scenes cause they're not my jam, but I loved the character development, I loved the big focus on Rin's friends, I love how human she continues to be. Can't wait to read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Genocide, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, War, Xenophobia, Cursing, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Racism

odp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This series is amazing, I love it with all of my heart. It is dark, emotional and so beautifully written. Rin is written so vividly and the friendships that she has are very real. This book had me in a chokehold and I will not be able to stop talking about it for the months to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Gore, Blood, Violence, Rape, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment, Cannibalism, Bullying, and Ableism

Minor: Grief, Self harm, Abortion, Cannibalism, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt