cursing: 2/10 (hardly existent minor cursing, 3 uses of 3.7⭐
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12/13+
romance: 2/10 (one kiss, tension)
cursing: 2/10 (hardly existent minor cursing, 3 uses of f-ck from a side character)
violence: 1/10 (a character falls from a horse)
other: i’m pretty sure the parents drink some form of alcohol during family gatherings, one female side character mentions liking a girl in one sentence and it’s never brought up again
cursing: 5/10 (semi-frequent/frequent minor curse words, non-frequent major curse words including f-ck, wh-re)
violence: 10/10 (there are way too many tw for me to include every single one…)
other: LOTS of on page drugs/narcotics, including addiction and substance abuse
tw: self harm, on page. rape, happens off page but is intensely described on page. genocide, on page intense descriptions. torture, on page to mcs and on page descriptions. be very mindful for the tw in chapter 21 (this isn’t even near all of them)
third person, past tense
we’ll never get free, lamb to the slaughter
–OVERVIEW–
well, i’m destroyed now, so let’s unpack.
*excuse my french throughout this review*
what the actual fuck.
if you know me, i don’t curse. but this deserved a curse.
this is very easily one of the best books i have ever read in my entire life, and i read a crap ton.
the hype behind this book is real and fully deserving. i was broken in every sense of the word. i cried so much while reading this book my eyes stung the entire time it took me to read and even days after i finished i was still crying.
i am not over this book and i never will be
if you’re someone who can handle the trigger warnings you need to read this book. i don’t want to hear any excuses. run. don’t walk.
-the writing-
cinematic 4d movie in my head. r.f. kuang somehow managed to handle these deep dark inflections of human experience so tastefully, while shedding light on the disturbing nature of humans and or will to live. her writing is beautiful.
what you gon’ do when there’s blood in the water?
–PLOT–
fang runin (rin) is a shop girl from a small village in the southern of nikan called tikany. since the age of fourteen she has put every waking moment into preparing for the country’s big test, the keju, to determine whether or not she can attend one of the academies and advance in society or stay a lowly village girl. rin tests into sinegard, which is not only the most prestigious academy in the empire, but also a military academy. as rin’s years at the academy go on, the tremulous relationship between nikan and mugen, the long bow island across the short sea, snaps and war consumes the empire. students are called into arms, forced to serve under the righteous empress su daji. what will it take for the unprepared empire to defeat the army of hundreds of thousands? an army that holds no value in their own lives, let alone the lives of their enemies?
the price of your greed is your son and your daughter
–CHARACTERS–
rin ⤷ my gosh, i have no words for this girl. she’s literally mental.
kitay ⤷ my baby. i love him. and the trauma he endured…holy shit
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