Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

29 reviews

ccpetrikas's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, War, and Xenophobia

saojimenez's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i am at a loss for words. truly. it was good, but it left me wanting for more. which i guess is a good thing because there’s two more books in the series 😃 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal death, Infertility, Misogyny, Genocide, Ableism, Racism, Animal cruelty, Gore, Murder, War, Bullying, Cannibalism, Rape, Self harm, Abandonment, Torture, Blood, Drug use, and Violence

junovault's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Truly one of the best books I’ve read in awhile. Holy shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Racism, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Child death, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, and Animal death

storm_65's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Sexism, Rape, Murder, Gore, Drug use, Death, Blood, Addiction, Child death, and Genocide

Moderate: Infertility and Kidnapping

Minor: Cannibalism and Colonisation

taygypeggy's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, War, Torture, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Cannibalism

christlynserena's review

medium-paced

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

5.0

THIS BOOK IS THE BEST THING EVERRRR. ALSO RIN PLS STEP ON ME 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, War, and Xenophobia

morganphoenix's review

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Addiction, Rape, Torture, Violence, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Drug abuse, Confinement, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Self harm

eeviee's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Im about to digest this series like a man thrown into a desert only to find this for sustenance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Xenophobia, Racism, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Genocide, Child death, and Cannibalism

theonlyjete's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

A wonderful worldbuiliding with amazing, multi-faceted, realistic, driven characters to fill it. Couldn't recommend this enough especially for anyone with an interest in history/asian history (and a bit of magic). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Child death, Death, and Genocide

Minor: Child death, Child abuse, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship