Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

892 reviews

potatolord's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-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: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

everlymayreads's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infertility

chronicoverthinker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

eemahlee's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Slavery, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, Abandonment, and Classism

misssophie2's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

2.75

I hope there are no young people reading this, because it's very brutal. 

Overall I think the book is just a journey were the main character gets more and more mentally illdue to trauma and power and her seeking for revenge.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

and_deni'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, and Vomit

camryngrace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

HOLY SHIT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

elora68's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

It was well written but in the end I found I just couldn’t really care about all the wars anymore. The main character starts out angry and just continues to stay angry. I grew tired of it. I’m curious about part 2 and 3 (mostly because the politics is getting more interesting), but think I’ll skip it. If you’re in the mood for violence and a badass, angry Asian heroine this is for you ;)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and War

taylorlohman1991's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

minanana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Toxic friendship