Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

132 reviews

thebookaholic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

WOW what a conclusion to this series!! I'm surprised to say that this was my least favourite of the three books, but it's still a solid 4 star read which imo, says a lot about the series as a whole and Kuang's insane writing abilities.

This book felt so much bigger that the others did, with the plot zooming out in a way that was more distant from the characters and comprehensive of Nikara, and yet I don't think it lost any of the character depth and development. I felt that overall, this book had a few pacing struggles comparatively, especially in the middle section of the book with

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the Trifecta

specifically, but I think this conclusion was so so fitting for the story that Kuang was trying to tell. 

After all,

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The first rule of the Cike is that they cull, and Rin had already been to the Chuluu Korith...

Would I recommend? ABSOLUTELY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Torture, Violence, War, Racism, Animal death, Death, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

natsbooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A fitting end to a brutal and brilliant trilogy. As always RF Kuang's writing was sheer brilliance. The way that the author manages to draw in the reader and make it feel as though they are right in the thick of the action alongside the characters is a truly special quality.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, Xenophobia, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use and Infertility

ltc's review against another edition

dark 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: Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Body horror, Addiction, Genocide, Vomit, War, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

abhirupa's review

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

4.0

I'm so sad. Like truly. Everyone said this book was going to be incredibly sad, including RF Kuang herself, but I didn't fully grasp how much it would hurt until I finished it. I feel like I knew what was going to happen at the end, like since the very first book because of how much emphasis Kuang puts on the cyclic nature of war, violence, and trauma. However, the execution really truly took my breath away. 
Despite the masterful way Kuang wrapped up Rin, Kitay, Nezha and Venka's stories, my main complaint about this book is that the other plotlines fell flat. I was especially disappointed by how the Trifecta's storyline ended because I felt like it was super abrupt. I also didn't really understand the whole plotline with Hanelai, Ziya, and Riga because I felt like the Speer storyline was already fully developed and the additions in this book just made that whole situation more confusing. Also, there were some allusions made to Rin's parentage and I think I kind of understand what Kuang was trying to get at, but I didn't like the lack of catharsis about that question. Like if the point was that Rin was just supposed to be a random, unnamed, non-fated Speerly child who had this role of being the last Speerly thrust on her, then there were whole conversations in this book that detracted from that message. But if her parentage was actually supposed to mean something like in terms of fate, it wasn't executed super well in my opinion. 
Regardless, this trilogy was such an insane ride. There's so much to take from it, I'm definitely going to have to read all of it again with a finer focus on the details. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Genocide, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and War

brianneh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Genocide, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Torture, War, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Classism, Drug use, Xenophobia, Murder, Death, Rape, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

0shelfcontrol's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

What an epic end to an epic series. Read this series if you want the characters to feel real to you. I say this because they are all extremely morally grey; sometimes driven by ego and other times duty. I am heartbroken by the series end as well as how it ended, however, I also know that this is the only way it makes sense. It was inevitable, but still there’s that part of me that wishes there was some sort of miracle. I’m still processing, and probably will always be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Colonisation, Addiction, War, Trafficking, Torture, Suicide, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Child death, Child abuse, Racism, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Animal death, Gore, Drug use, Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Excrement, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Infertility

decie's review

5.0

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rin. what the fuck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and War

lamricke's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Grief, Genocide, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Gore

linneak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Death, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, Colonisation, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Classism, and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence, Confinement, Eating disorder, Medical content, Xenophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Child death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Animal death, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Panic attacks/disorders

meat_muffin's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, War, Addiction, Blood, Child death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape, Abortion, and Cannibalism