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R. F. Kuang: The Dragon Republic (AudiobookFormat, 2019, HarperCollins B and Blackstone Audio, Harpercollins) 4 stars

Review of 'The Dragon Republic' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

Book Basics:
Third person limited point-of-view, female MC, adult grim-dark fantasy, large cast of characters

Book Trigger Warnings:
Self harm, sexual assault(described by another character), graphic violence and gore(including children and babies), drug use, abuse, toxic relationships

Non-Spoiler Review:
Three stars from my rating system means “it’s ok.” If I could, I would rate it 3.5 . When I was about half way into this book, I was positive this was going to be a solid five stars, then it slowly dropped two stars as the story went on.

This book does not hold back on the horrors of war, though that is not why it dropped in stars for me. For me, the narration became a bit repetitive and did a lot of telling rather than showing. This includes the fight scenes which lacked detail to my preference.

I think it is VERY important for people picking this up …