Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

448 reviews

murphdanielr's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, and Religious bigotry

leonief's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and War

gracemcbee's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, War, and Injury/Injury detail

syddey_syd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

BRUTAL. 

Kuang has the ability to keep me on my toes with this series. I never knew what was coming next, but I did always know it wouldn’t be good. 

Rin is a difficult character to like (in my opinion). Her decisions often baffle me, but they fit her character. The brutality of war is very manifest in this book; possibly a little less graphic than the first, but not by much. Racism, classicism, sexism—all of the isms are present. It made for a ponderous read, and I often had to take breaks because the subject matter was so heavy. 

In terms of moving along the series, this was a fitting sequel to the first book. Rin had some character development, Nikara politics thicken, and even more outside forces come into play. I’m very interested to see how Kuang ties up the series. Reading is like watching a train wreck—it’s terrible and messy, but I can’t seem to look away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Rape

cybeleflame'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: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

naples's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Ableism, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

squishmallow161's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Genocide

liadh's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Violence, and War

epointer44's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

sarahl13's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Abortion