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Республика Дракон by Ребекка Куанг, R.F. Kuang

864 reviews

isabelrve's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, and Torture

luise04's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Its a great read but it feels a bit like the connection book of the trio. It isnt really working towards a climax but more like constant war with a plottwist at the end, leading to book 3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sab7800's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse

clovetra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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

wow. i gobbled this up. 
i somehow came to love rin even more.
another war plot felt realistic and not cheap.
all the characters were fleshed out in amazing depth. special shout out to venka and qara thank god they got some more time in the spotlight.
the plot twists were gut wrenching, and the explanations of death made me want to eat the book out of sadness.
this was a perfect progression of rin's story, and i cant wait to see how she progresses.
ok now spoilers:

nezha can go get fucked. i get now why people ship him with rin and also why people cant fucking stand him.
i was almost about to cry over qara. and then they FUCKING KILL BAJI AND SUNI. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER FUCKING RAMSA. evil evil EVIL!!!
also i was GAGGED by jinzha's death. actually had to close the book and ponder about cooking someone into dumplings. insane.
kitay and rin being anchored is so real and cute. thank god kitay got his well deserved time in the limelight.
wish the book had more of the cike featured, and went a bit further into daji as a character cuz she seemed super interesting! but i mean theres another 600 page book so hopefully i get some of that next book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Rape, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

moranwehrli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Never have a seen more intricate world building. Somehow completely unique and yet based enough in the real world to hit deep in every sore spot of colonialism. RFK has a great understanding of what motivates a person through truama and distress that all comes together to show how we end up in these horribly unending wars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

kmart_ceo's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.75

Honestly, I was kind of chugging along at the beginning of this book. I heard from a decent portion of people that this one was their favorite, and I felt like I was waiting for that to be proven true. Well, it certainly delivered.
This book was like a train picking up speed, faster and faster with no hope of breaking. All concluding with the most nail-biting, heart-wrenching, gasp-inducing last quarter of the book. 
To those who are about to start or have started but have lost momentum: PLEASE KEEP READING. 
This book left a beautiful set up for the finale, The Burning God. I’m ready for the tears. (No, I’m not.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Medical content and Medical trauma

Definitely look up the trigger warnings yourself. Take care of yourself while reading.

themoostconfused's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

katiemontour's review against another edition

dark 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

they’re not the strongest force in the world,” she slammed her fist against the table. “i am.”

PERIODT

rinezha so doomed by the narrative

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Rape, Self harm, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

karenclare'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

seasoledad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

I’m blown away by this book, my god. This book is insanely dark, even more than the first book. 

I could write so many essays about this book. There’s so much to comment on. 

One thing I will comment on here: I adore the platonic love between Rin and Kitay T^T

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders