Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

445 reviews

gtown's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-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

4.5

Holy shit. What an ending. I feel like l've been sucker punched. I think I'll be staring at the wall for a few hours after that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide

basaxophoon's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

sam_svare's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

klarapd's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexism, Vomit, and Cannibalism

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

4.5

rin, I am always going to support because at the end of the day, everyone else kinda deserves it. am loving the venka and rin friendship I am receiving, especially after all that happened in book one.

now....

MY CIKE. THEY'RE ALL GONE. ALL OF THEM. in reality, this is just one of those situations where I would read a fanfiction of the characters (dead) reacting to the story because, despite his flaws, I miss altan. and I will miss the other cike members too now that I've finished book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

areadersrevel's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

3.0

I was so done with Rin in this book. She became this whiny little b***h seeking validation and was overly obsessed with Altan. They weren’t even that close and the AH slapped her that one time, like tell me why all of sudden she’s determined to honor his memory? Also, aren’t we supposed to be developing her character? Why does she feel underdeveloped? This is the SECOND BOOK!!!! I was expecting her to be way more badass. Make it make sense!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Slavery, Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

mgavre's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Rape, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

monstermash's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

After finishing The Poppy Wars in 2 days, this book felt slower and harder to get through. It wasn’t as new or exciting and I struggled to find the same energy I had about the first in the series. Still, it was a good book and I’m looking forward to moving on to the final book in the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape and Xenophobia

niaakilah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and War

annieschenk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A little gory at points but very good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail