Reviews tagging 'Death'

Płonący Bóg by R.F. Kuang

410 reviews

shesreadingagain_'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

I have come to expect the moon from Kuang and still, this book far exceeded my expectations. It was a good time, but not a fun time—so much death and destruction throughout the book from beginning to end. I don't think any author can make me feel the gambit of emotions as she does. Rin has gone through so much during the three books, I am sad to see it end. Rin is the poster child for female rage and honestly, I enjoyed every second of it.

I do want to reiterate that this is a grim dark fantasy, please make sure to review the triggers before starting this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, War, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Cannibalism

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal death, Sexual violence, and Abortion

haylee_t's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is a beautiful, but sad piece of literature. I absolutely loved it. Currently crying. The bond of Rin and Kitay was beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Kidnapping

chlschn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

flora_arns's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

ripped my heart out and stomped on it.
I fear this one fell just a little short of its predecessors, but still a strong 4 stars. It was more difficult to follow and distracted at times, only for the most intriguing plot to be introduced in the last few chapters (really, I could read another book entirely about that), but still, what an amazing story. And the ending felt… right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Religious bigotry

quoting_ravens's review against another edition

dark sad 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: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

becausebrenna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional

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

4.75

I spent the entire book thinking “Fang Runin is the stupidest person alive she has never made a single good decision in her life, who knows what critical thinking is? Not Rin” so why am I crying at the end 😭 I knew it was coming but I’m still sad

I do think other than the very beginning and very end, this was my least favorite of the 3 books. At times it did feel like 90% of the story was just the army marching, running low on supplies, marching, fighting, marching. And I know that’s not true because so many things did happen! 
Edit: I used my brain and realize now that was the point, this book/series was like looking at a slow motion train wreck, RF Kuang is very good at what she does

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

imds's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

m_egg_o's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal death

itsalljinri's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Cannibalism, and Classism