The Dragon Republic

this book was an absolute pleasure to read there have been complaints on the basis of charecter devlopment and other aspects but for me i okverlooked on those because of the enormity of the situation and unmitigated realistic description of war and the historical reference point of the modern chinese wars and dont even get me started on the concept of shamanism the author does an amazing job in the vivid poetic and captivating description.this book completes fights the infamous middle book syndrome and kept me engaged throughout the time and plus the charecters are all unique and all stand out in different ways there is no overshadowing.loved it thouroughly recommended it!

⭐⭐⭐.75The ending of The Poppy War piqued my interest and I started listening to it almost immediately. It was pretty much along the lines of The poppy War with exquisite setting and great world building and the most distorted plot twists. But again the pacing and too much world building made the book lag.It’s a mix of a malicious game of politics, manipulations, a rich magic system, flawed like humans characters who keep changing their colours, making difficult for the reader to decide a side and just like its prequel, this is a bloody and gory saga.

The first great thing about the book was the packaging. I was very impressed because there was not even a little plastic in the packaging and yet the book was in perfect condition. It was delivered before the previously set time as well. I'm so happy. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO READ THE DRAGON REPUBLIC. *-*

Amazing book, hooked totally. One my read the series

I enjoyed the book, but found the graphic depictions of war and decay a bit needless. I understand it's part of the world building experience, but I found myself skipping over large swathes of it. I wish that some of the characters we've invested in so much had better and longer arcs. Love the historical aspects of it and will read the third book.

Exceptional

This is the kind of book that makes writing coherent reviews seem like the most difficult thing ever; everything you say sounds so clumsy and so utterly incompetent.The Dragon Republic is not the sort of book you can just casually read for the sake of reading pleasure- because it's going to wrench out your heart and stomp on it until there's nothing left. But if you ARE brave enough to do it, you're in for a magnificent reading experience nothing will ever match up to.

have not read the book yet but the book is all crumpled and poor in quality. Would not recommend this seller.

Un segundo libro que se adentra más en la trama, maravilloso, todo el complot y las relaciones entre personajes. Una compleja historia sobre la crueldad de la guerra y como los seres humanos nos acostumbramos a la crueldad y el dolor.

E a saga continua! A trama vai ficando mais intensa e nem tudo é o que parecia ser a princípio. Não existe ninguém bonzinho nessa história! Eu mesma já estou num ponto que não confio em praticamente ninguém.Já terminei de ler esse livro tem uns meses e conforme comecei a escrever esse breve review lembrei de algumas mortes... E nossa, voltei a ficar muito chateada kkkkk ainda não superei algumas perdas. Esse livro é muito cruel.Mas enfim, a Rin é meio irritante às vezes, mas eu dou crédito à autora também por ter criado uma protagonista clichê que é super boazinha e que faz sempre as coisas certas pensando no bem de todos e na honra. A Rin é uma guerreira, uma soldada (?), e faz o que é necessário para vencer a guerra.

So glad I finally got around to reading this series…great story, great writing, great characters. Fortunately there’s still another book!

I had significant issues with The Poppy War. While I appreciated the storytelling and grimdark nature I found a lot of things about it pretty uneven. The pacing and especially the tone shifted wildly from part one to part three so much that they almost felt like completely separate books. I also had a really tough time with the characters that I felt switched between bland and hateable in the case of Rin. Thankfully book 2 was better in almost every conceivable way.Right away the first thing to note is that the uneven tone of book one is not an issue here. It's one cohesive narrative that is both well paced clear in its intentions. This is a grimdark war story from page one. This book is full of combat that pulls no punches. While there may not be the level of brutality that was displayed in part 3 of book 1, this book is consistently heavy and violent.The other real positive for me here and the reason it climbed to 5 stars after some very mixed feelings early on is that the execution of the story and expansion of the world and villains was extremely engaging. The last 150 pages of this book are about as close to a grimdark version of a "Sanderlanche" as you will find. Even when I thought the climax was over and we were getting falling action Kuang brought it again. Besides all of that new story elements were introduced here that really hooked me in and made me invested in spite of some of the books drawbacks.What still didn't work for me here was really only one thing and it's the characters. They continue to be pretty flat for me, and I find reading Ron to be at times completely infuriating. Her personality is more grating than any character I think I have ever read which makes it hard for me to enjoy sometimes and an break my immersion. It's hard to root for someone that always mouths off to her superiors with no consequences, and acts like a complete jerk to her friends when sympathy is called for. That being said I realize this is all very intentional and well written so it's hard for me to knock the book for it. Also the story here is so damn good, the conclusion especially, I'm able to overlook my character issues. Also, I felt the ending changed my view on Rin slightly, and I'm more excited to see how I feel when reading book 3.If you liked or were even middling on TPW I would definitely recommend The Dragon Republic.

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