Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Haşhaş Savaşı by R.F. Kuang

504 reviews

sarahm_strss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.75

it started off as the weirdest book i have ever read, and ended with it being the most tragic and horrific book i have ever read. i have never felt such strong and compelling emotions towards a book before, and had such vivid images of the story. the storytelling was beautiful, and perfectly captured the world and every minor detailing within it. all the scenes where i had previously disliked or thought odd were perfectly intertwined and explored with the ending - everything was intentional and gruesome. the characters within were all so morally grey, and it really was hard to truly love or hate a character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

bogbride's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I would give this 6 stars if I could. unbelievably well done. i listened to the audiobook which was also fantastically narrated. had me driving with my jaw dropped at several points. i'm not usually a huge fight scene fan, but the combo of the writing and narration had me so invested my heart was pounding. i wasn't sure if i was on board at the beginning, but the contrast between that version of rin and rin at the end is so so good. she's such a complex and flawed character and i love that she isn't concerned at all with being beautiful. i could go on forever. god

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Colonisation, and Classism

suhair's review against another edition

dark sad tense

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Excrement, Vomit, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

stilestastic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

HOLY SHIT.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mycarefulcardinal's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

themoostconfused's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Excrement

bri_14's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Whew this book was a RIDE. I thought it was gonna be much lighter than it actually was. But it might’ve been for the best bc it’s a more accurate portrayal—using people as weapons/vessels, the propaganda, loss of life and not in the literal. These kids had no childhood, causalities never got to age. Very depressing. It kinda feels like reading Naruto Shippuden once they hit the war eps. But it’s like being in the mind of Sasuke instead of following Naruto. Rin would both idolize  and despise that man😂

I was NOT able to predict any of the deaths.

Irjah, of course but ALTAN???

I really thought he would’ve lasted til the end. But I think it was better off if

Venka

died bc hearing her experience is kinda traumatizing. Realistic tho but just gruesome, I think my mind would’ve snapped. 

I’m thinking Rin will help reform the country, similar to the stories of the previous emperors or the play she watched with Kitay. I think ppl will fear her too much to harm her—maybe her master will put a finger to her forehead again and still her mind. And I refuse to believe

Nezha

is dead!!! There’s no way that would’ve happened off book, if he does die Rin will have to witness it bc she cares too much about him

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Suicide, and Classism

Minor: Slavery

kcjulia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0

More gruesome than I care for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bluefrog's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

4.0

It was an amazing read that had a lot of good themes. It would be a 5 but there is a thing that happens at the end of the book that really bothered me and put me off reading for a couple of days. I understand why it happened but still. If you’re interested in read you definitely should but read the content warnings first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, War, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

jellybeanie'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, War, and Classism

Moderate: Racism and Torture