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The Dragon Republic, by R.F. Kuang

256 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

girlinlavender's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.5

This was just as good as the first book! I love Kuang's perspective and how she intertwined history with fantasy. I love that Kuang isn't afraid to be relentless, just when you've recovered from one plot twist another is thrown at you and they're done so intelligently. I love how graphic and intense things were, I think the amount of betrayals and deaths in both the first and (mainly the) second books really shows that in war nothing is off limits. Just because it's a fantasy series doesn't mean everything becomes mystified and magical, it still maintains the grittiness it needed. I absolutely adored Kuang for dragging the West, those sections had me cackling. One of the best fantasy series I've read by far. Kuang doesn't hold back at all, and I loved it!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Rape, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Vomit

sidneyjdobson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Drug use, War, and Blood

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

shantalia's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Addiction, Classism, Death, Drug use, Violence, and War

zoe2000's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Drug use, Death, Gore, Injury/injury detail, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Rape

harmonia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Drug use

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