Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

2392 reviews

kmart29's review

dark medium-paced

4.0

Part 1 is slow and had me questioning all the good reviews, but part 2 and 3 were phenomenal! Will read book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, and Drug use

coffeeandcrafts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Racism, Violence, Colonisation, War, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual violence, Addiction, Classism, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, and Gore

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

lemoon99's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Genocide, Grief, Violence, Animal death, War, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Slavery, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Rape

cleonia09's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book took me by surprise. I'd heard that it's very dark and graphic, and it definitely lives up to that description. The changes to the characters are so interesting, almost unexpected.
The violence is explained in extensive detail, which would be off putting if it wasn't all rooted in actual history. 
Only thing keeping it from being a 5 star review is the weird pacing at times. One paragraph takes us forward 2 years in the middle of a chapter, and that was weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Suicide, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Rape, Murder, War, Drug abuse, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

arxchiell's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Genocide, Violence, and War

Minor: Rape and Slavery

jnsonney's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, and Sexual violence

bellaw15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really really enjoyed this book. The parallels between Nikan/Mugen and real life history of the Opium and Sino-Japanese wars were so interesting. Although the violence is pretty graphic, it was so well done and powerful, especially as the story is partially inspired by real-life events. I also loved the morally grey characters and Rin’s overall arc. 

Although this book didn’t quite make it to 5⭐️, I don’t have any criticisms or things I didn’t like about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Drug abuse, Genocide, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, and Child death

Moderate: Colonisation and Addiction

grievous_glory's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Violence, Colonisation, Racism, Death, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Murder, Torture, Sexual violence, War, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia

saraellington_'s review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Genocide, Violence, Blood, War, Rape, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation

Moderate: Self harm and Medical trauma

treestostars's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The writing is fantastic. The storyline is heavy and complex and the flow was extremely engaging. Im docking a star for 2 reasons: 1) the relationships between characters was largely underdeveloped- more told than grown. And 2) the gore and genocide atrocities were discussed in too much detail for me. She spent pages discussing and often revisiting horrific acts of violence and rape. I had to skim over large chunks just to get through the book. And a few times i nearly tabled it because of it. Outside of those 2 things I really enjoyed this book, the culture intertwined, and the style of writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Torture, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Sexual violence, Genocide, Drug abuse, Child death, War, Addiction, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying