A review by gryczalke
Republika smoka by R.F. Kuang

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I've just finished this book, the second half was literally speed run in a day. Someone said that this book is laced with crack and they may be right. 

Man, we've got so much and lost even more.
Spoiler i cried rivers when they killed Banji, Suni and then Ramsa, after all of the loss in this book I couldn't take it no more. That's why i love it and that why many loved Game of Throne; it's so real and unpredictable, just like real war.
 

I gave it half star less then I gave TPW just because the book is, at least in my eyes, mainly about war but in other way than the firs book. Here it was kinda long and boring at times. And because
Spoiler i fell in love with the idea of Yin Nezha and forgave him for all only for him to literally stab us all in the back
 
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