A review by diadiscovers
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

3.0

I liked this book less than the first. And I realise that Rin is meant to be the anti-hero but I really dislike her character in this book. I try to think of how young she and her friends are meant to be but it still felt like a huge disconnect from Rin in the first book. Then again, lots of things have happened to her since but it just felt like a disappointment. Also, (spoiler) I find it unbelievable that they've just suffered massive losses from a war and yet they were able to fish out that one soldier Rin burned the balls off to further solidify their reasoning for wanting to trade her off to the enemy.