Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

212 reviews

laughingkatana'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The Dragon Republic takes the amazing world, culture, and pantheon of The Poppy War and expands on every subject. You get to see more of the world, more defining features of the different cultures and how they interacr, and a better understanding of the gods and how the affect/are viewed by society. This book is arguably even heavier than the first one, and the subject of war and the atrocities that come with it are the main plot of the entire book. That being said, it's written very well and it never feels like horrible things are happening for no reason. It paints a beautiful picture that just happens to be very hard to look at. The thing that surprised me the most while reading was the fact that even the segments of war planning and political nonsense did not slow the pace that much and I was never bored of it. So far it's the best series I've read this year and I can't wait to start the 3rd book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Colonisation, Confinement, Rape, Violence, War, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, and Panic attacks/disorders

brainrot_197's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racism, Medical content, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Drug use, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Colonisation, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Drug abuse

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, War, Addiction, and Torture

Minor: Colonisation

adn_v's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, War, Colonisation, Death, Gore, and Racism

rheagoveas'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: Drug use, Genocide, Colonisation, Rape, War, and Blood

btrz7's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Classism, Genocide, Grief, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Death, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Rape and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abortion

janalg'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, War, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Confinement, Drug use, Sexual violence, Torture, Gore, and Murder

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.5

Such a goid sequal. Loved the friendship between Kitay and Rin. Getting background on so many characters, Nezha specificly, was so good and needed. Cried at her reunion with her brother. Mind the tw's

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Rape, Child death, Gore, Self harm, Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexism, Sexual assault, War, Colonisation, Murder, Gun violence, Xenophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

lizziaha's review against another edition

dark

4.25

oh I feel sick to my stomach finishing this book. It’s an interesting and depressing and unfortunately accurate view of power and the things people do to acquire and keep power. I was happy that we got to see more of Venka in this one, although I understand that the overwhelming amount of male characters is a statement in and of itself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, War, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Classism, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Vomit

questionabletaste's review against another edition

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

4.25

The Poppy War series keeps getting better- this book is an unrelenting ride through the horrors of continued war and it's aftermath. The story is gripping, and I enjoyed diving back into the world with familiar characters. A great read for lovers of Game of Thrones. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Genocide, Death, Colonisation, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction and Rape