Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

La repubblica del drago by R.F. Kuang

330 reviews

westhemm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hellichipmunk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Abortion, and Alcohol

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

robinorozco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Overall, I enjoy this book and this series so lich. It does not pret and the world is black and white. It sits and explores the messy gray area of morality and decisions. It explores how it seems every choice is a wrong choice. This book started off and continued with a lot of darkness. There should be trigger warnings for this book as there is some graphic descriptions of substance abuse, murder, war, and rape. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

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

ashreads2beats's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault

maggieraemarrinan's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

5.0

It’s a lot to digest but the politics were so well done! I’m fully invested in this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

mncbby's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mhh1102's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

Beautifully done, frustrating beyond belief, and another testament to the skill of R.F. Kuang. While there were some VERY slow portions, as a whole, this novel was something that showed the vulnerability of humans in pain. The feelings of betrayal, shock, anger, and triumph elicited by this book are incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and War