Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

230 reviews

georgia_lou's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Murder, Body horror, Bullying, Addiction, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Child death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Xenophobia

ienbdri's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Holy hell 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Violence, Genocide, Rape, Gore, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Addiction

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

Such a strong book for a first time writer. Had me hooked from the very start. This is a book about war and as such there us a lot of triggering content but it was handled well. The age of the writer is evident in the entire book in the best possible way
(Check the tws theres a lot)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Suicide, War, Animal death, Rape, Body horror, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Death, Sexual assault, Slavery, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical trauma, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Medical content, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

rebelscum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

While I did enjoy the book, I don't think I'll continue the series, as I found the setting very dark by the end with, to me, not much hope for a good ending. That alone would be fine but I struggled to connect to the character by the end. Not a bad book, but not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Rape, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Colonisation, and Medical content

There is an extended sequence depicting the sacking of a town, where we get gruesome details of what happened from survivors, as well as descriptions of the aftermath. This includes graphic depictions of rape, murder of people of all ages, and torture. I believe much of this was deliberately drawing from accounts of the Rape of Nanking by Japanese forces in WW2, and other details from that war and occupation in China. There are also depictions of drug use throughout the book

sara_malo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, War, Medical content, Gore, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Blood, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Classism, Child death, Child abuse, and Body horror

thewellreadlabrador's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

This book was quite the ride. It is incredibly heavy and dark and is by no means for the faint of heart. 

The darkness and evilness of the atrocities of war is conveyed in such a descriptive and vivid way that it pulls you in and makes you feel like you are there and truly witnessing it all. The world building and character development are phenomenal. The pacing is fast, but the density of the material makes reading it slow. 

This one is definitley worth a read, BUT make sure you check the content warnings and heed them. This book is incredibly graphic and is not for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Child death, Gore, Murder, Violence, Blood, Grief, Torture, War, Xenophobia, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Excrement, Animal death, Drug use, Medical content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Addiction, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Abortion, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Body horror, and Vomit

30something_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

5.0

What the actual fuck, Rebecca?

Damn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Misogyny, Death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, War, Racial slurs, Gore, Drug abuse, Child death, Sexism, Drug use, Cursing, Self harm, Racism, Rape, Genocide, Body horror, and Addiction

avareadsoccasionally'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

4.0

Wonderfully written but I went in not really knowing anything about it so I was NOT prepared 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Genocide, Blood, War, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Torture, Medical content, Child death, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

loup's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, War, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Kidnapping, Sexism, Racism, Bullying, Medical content, Deportation, Death, Medical trauma, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Gore, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Blood, Addiction, Infertility, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

3nd3rch3st's review against another edition

adventurous 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

SOO GOOOOOD, would recomend, however it does have very dark sections so find the trigger warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Xenophobia, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Genocide, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, and War