Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

16 reviews

odp's review

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

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

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

whailey's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Abortion

ccpetrikas's review

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

perseffable's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Pregnancy

fernreadsometimes's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism

ging090803's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Hum, what can I say? The world building is extraordinary. I really like it, everything is just so well-described. The war is fine. I mean, yeah, we needed a war to continue. It's okay. But Rin? For real, I can't. I like her, but I hate her at the same time. She is just so powerful yet so weak. She can't make decisions for shit. She is too stubborn. She is blind.

Everyone is betraying her and she still can't learn from her mistake

Sometimes, I liked her. She is powerful, had some good ideas. Sometimes, she was kind of human. Otherwise... no. I do like the fact that she is morally gray though.
Yeah, it's complicated. Rin is just... Rin. 
Honestly, I took a pretty long break while reading this book just because of Rin. The only thing keeping me read is the world building I guess. It's the plot. I just want to know how it's going to end, but I do not care if it turns out bad for Rin or not.   

Like, die or live, I don't care. I just want to know if Nikara will survive

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Infertility, Racism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Genocide, Rape, Vomit, and Cannibalism