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Il Regno di Rame by S.A. Chakraborty

37 reviews

kenzibir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

taliaalongi's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-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: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, and War

literarypenguin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

I will be honest that it took me a while to completely read this book. It took me longer then I was hoping for but I did manage to get it read. I really enjoyed this follow up to the first one even better than the first one itself! 

This book picks up five years after the events of the first one. Nahri is now trapped in a loveless marriage under the thumb of King Ghassan. Ali is banished from Daevabad trying to build a better life for himself in a foreign land. Dara has been resurrected to once again be used as a weapon for the Nahids to take over Daevabad. This book has a much darker tone with some very heavy themes presented. The theme of war, how both sides are fighting for what they believe is right and no matter what happens no side truly wins a war over something like this. 

Having the multiple perspectives really aided this book! I loved the addition of Dara's POV, I thought it added a lot to see his side of the conflict and why he was doing the things he did in the first and second book. Out of all the stories I really enjoyed seeing Ali's story! Seeing him grow and come into his own. How he learned to stand up for himself against his family, how he was firm in his beliefs and his need to help people. He was still fearful of his magic but he wanted to understand them and why he was granted them in the first place.

 The world itself was still beautiful while there was less magical creatures in this one the city of Daevabad was still a beautiful place to see written in a book. This was a very politics heavy and character driven book! I enjoyed seeing the politics at play and getting to see the characters have to do some less than savory things to get things accomplished! 

I am looking forward to finishing this book and finishing the series as a whole! I cant wait to see how the Daevabad trilogy is going to end! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Slavery

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual assault

spacerkip's review against another edition

adventurous tense

• 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

Knowing that there's still another book in the series was honestly the most stressful part of reading this. Watching all the different plotlines come together and knowing it all must go catastrophically wrong had me yelling in my car on multiple occasions. (I read this via audiobook on my daily commute. Apologies to those who thought I was road raging at them at red lights.)

I really fell in love with Ali as a character in this book. The timeskip provided him with the appropriate room to grow and come into his own as an active force, rather than a reactive one. I loved seeing him spark loyalty in those around him and rise as a leader. I think the author does wonderful job of showing how a character sees themself and internally justifies their own actions. You can follow the logic of a POV character and understand why they act the way they do, then switch POV and feel completely different about them once you see their actions from the outside.

I am once again going against my usual habits and picking up the next book as soon as I can. As soon as I finish some other library books...it is SO over for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery, Trafficking, and Fire/Fire injury

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ko_rax's review against another edition

adventurous 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

Chakraborty's The Kingdom of Copper continues the tale left off in its prequel The City of Brass, following the protagonists who have settled five years after Dara and Nahri's failed attempt to escape. This novel focuses even further on domestic policy in Daevabad and introduces strategic warfare.

Love the execution of political turmoil! For a few scenes, I wished that Chakraborty refrained from telling than showing, but those moments were so sparse that they did not rip me out of the flow.
If the first novel was Nahri's arc, then this one is most definitely

Alizayd

's. Albeit slower than Nahri, it was heartwrenching to watch this character's growth, and I hold them dear. And again, every character is believable and I cannot bring myself to hate the majority of them.

I am delighted by the twists and turns! I have already picked up The Empire of Gold.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Genocide, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Slavery

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Slavery, and Death of parent

bessadams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Racism, Death of parent, and Classism

jenn_amanda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, and Classism

bruhbruh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-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

Ce deuxième livre est aussi bien que le premier, il est devient même drôle. On ne s'ennuie pas à un seul moment, les 700 pages sont avalées sans aucun accrochage (on peut également féliciter la traductrice). Le monde est clarifié dans celui ci et on découvre de nouveaux aspects. 
Pour les personnages, alors que je les appréciais dans le précédent, iels deviennent carrément attachants. Le développement de Nahri est fabuleux. Elle se prend enfin en main. Il y a beaucoup de femmes présentes dans celui ci, ce qui manquait dans le premier. Ali est encore plus engagé dans sa lutte anti classe à Daveabad. Dara commence à utiliser son cerveau et son bon sens tout en restant un ennemi terrifiant. 
Hâte de lire la suite !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism and Homophobia