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A review by constancenorene
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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? Yes
5.0
Genuinely wrecked.
The Burning God has been the hardest book in this trilogy for me to get through. I can support women’s wrongs, but man, Rin dragged me through the Wringer here. I’m applauding R.F. Kuang for not only being able to write a character going mad, but for doing it so well that all I could do was gasp, close the book, and come back to it.
With the Cike gone and the Republic’s support taken away, the stakes are so much higher. Rin, Kitay, and Venka have joined up with the southern army, with one goal in mind: take Nezha and the Republic down, and take Nikan back for good.
Extremely tragic, but so so good.
The Burning God has been the hardest book in this trilogy for me to get through. I can support women’s wrongs, but man, Rin dragged me through the Wringer here. I’m applauding R.F. Kuang for not only being able to write a character going mad, but for doing it so well that all I could do was gasp, close the book, and come back to it.
With the Cike gone and the Republic’s support taken away, the stakes are so much higher. Rin, Kitay, and Venka have joined up with the southern army, with one goal in mind: take Nezha and the Republic down, and take Nikan back for good.
Extremely tragic, but so so good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail