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The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
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Nov 27, 2020
bookshelves: 2020-releases, read-physical-copy, sub-genre-dark, genre-high-fantasy, genre-historical-fiction, non-white-love-interest, trope-morally-questionable, adult-sff, adult-historical-fic
Kuang is a ruthless Queen. Are you expecting closure? *evil laugh*
There are too many things to discuss and I am emotionally unstable.
You know what, I feel like I've said all I need to say for this series in my The Poppy War and The Dragon Republic reviews. Read those if you feel so inclined and still need a push to read this series or the other reviews because I need... err.. space.
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— overall thoughts: 4.5 —
Admittedly, I had some problematic parts with the build up in the middle and how the Trifecta storyline was handled, but I'll look over that because of the character dynamics and execution of the the ideas that went into the series. Kuang achieved what she wanted to achieve.
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I haven’t finished it yet but you know what we should be talking about: THE PLATONIC LOVE CONTENT 😭💖 there’s a conversation that could be told discussing if it really is selfless love from Rin’s perspective or if it’s just because of the power she gains from it. Which either way, is so compelling to read and analyze.
Most of the negative reviews I see about this series is always talking about how they don’t like Rin but I mean— you’re not supposed to?? A well-written character does not always have to be morally pure and good. I think it takes skill to be able to write a dislikable main character but still have people want to read about them.
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welcome back to another edition of: *closes my eyes while running away to an isolated island to avoid spoilers*
There are too many things to discuss and I am emotionally unstable.
You know what, I feel like I've said all I need to say for this series in my The Poppy War and The Dragon Republic reviews. Read those if you feel so inclined and still need a push to read this series or the other reviews because I need... err.. space.
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— overall thoughts: 4.5 —
Admittedly, I had some problematic parts with the build up in the middle and how the Trifecta storyline was handled, but I'll look over that because of the character dynamics and execution of the the ideas that went into the series. Kuang achieved what she wanted to achieve.
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I haven’t finished it yet but you know what we should be talking about: THE PLATONIC LOVE CONTENT 😭💖 there’s a conversation that could be told discussing if it really is selfless love from Rin’s perspective or if it’s just because of the power she gains from it. Which either way, is so compelling to read and analyze.
Most of the negative reviews I see about this series is always talking about how they don’t like Rin but I mean— you’re not supposed to?? A well-written character does not always have to be morally pure and good. I think it takes skill to be able to write a dislikable main character but still have people want to read about them.
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welcome back to another edition of: *closes my eyes while running away to an isolated island to avoid spoilers*
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Reading Progress
November 16, 2020
– Shelved as:
to-read
November 16, 2020
– Shelved
December 7, 2020
– Shelved as:
2020-releases
December 10, 2020
– Shelved as:
read-physical-copy
January 3, 2021
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Started Reading
January 3, 2021
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2.6%
""She fought to protect him—that she had discovered, changed everything."
if there s one thing you can't argue with me about, it's rin's love for this boy 😔😔"
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17
if there s one thing you can't argue with me about, it's rin's love for this boy 😔😔"
January 10, 2021
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12.23%
"“I suppose after a few centuries you start to forget the little things.”
souji i am soft."
page
80
souji i am soft."
January 13, 2021
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21.71%
"Souji darling you’re so precious (not really tho) but still we love"
page
142
January 16, 2021
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26.3%
"that was so cool T_T
the pacing of this is going much faster than i thought it would... omy what’s going to happen at the end now though 👀"
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172
the pacing of this is going much faster than i thought it would... omy what’s going to happen at the end now though 👀"
January 19, 2021
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40.83%
"the discussions on the politics of war and the character relationships 😌😌✨✨ amazing"
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267
January 19, 2021
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45.72%
"the discussions on the politics of war and the character relationships 😌😌✨✨ amazing"
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299
January 23, 2021
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48.01%
"coming from a just finished wholesome book... the gruesomeness of this series is a lot more obvious 😂"
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314
January 24, 2021
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57.8%
"I have problems with the world building and build up but I’m not still addicted"
page
378
January 26, 2021
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67.43%
""What, you're just going to reveal our new weapons before they've even seen their first battle?"
"I'm a bit concerned that you're referring to people as weapons."
I mean... same."
page
441
"I'm a bit concerned that you're referring to people as weapons."
I mean... same."
January 28, 2021
–
86.7%
"let it be known that i have been nervous since 100 pages ago... and i still am"
page
567
January 28, 2021
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Finished Reading
April 27, 2021
– Shelved as:
sub-genre-dark
April 27, 2021
– Shelved as:
genre-high-fantasy
April 27, 2021
– Shelved as:
genre-historical-fiction
May 12, 2021
– Shelved as:
non-white-love-interest
October 31, 2021
– Shelved as:
trope-morally-questionable
March 17, 2022
– Shelved as:
adult-sff
March 17, 2022
– Shelved as:
adult-historical-fic
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Personally, morality was only one aspect of what made me dislike her. I find her a rather inconsistent character that lacked any serious depth, is ignorant, bull-headed and never provoked any emotion from me other than annoyance. In short, contrary to your point, I actually find her to be an unlikeable main character who I don't particularly want to read about. I would love to have my opinion changed in this final book though!
I say all this in good nature. Just wanted to clarify a possible alternate opinion. :)
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She is ignorant and bull-headed which is, I think, exactly how she was supposed to be written. I was definitely annoyed of her and I think she's crazy but I found it interesting to analyze the way she interacted with the other characters, specially Kitay given how they're connected. I definitely understand when people say they don't want to read about a character like that though! It boils down to preference :D
Honestly, the reason that I didn't think this series was perfect was because I found the plot and the build up to be inconsistent a lot of times so XD