Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Haşhaş Savaşı by R.F. Kuang

1639 reviews

gabbysoltura's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War

hunnymush's review against another edition

The book started dragging out unbearably slow and I felt like the plot was so far from the original story.What pushed me over was the immense graphic details of war, yes good writing way too much for me. No detail was left behind in describing death and dying. I read some reviews on the author and found that this book was a close retelling of a real like Japanese war and the author has her degree in this field and I was even more shocked. DNF. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Bullying and Torture

Minor: Child death

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

uisgeart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

This is one of the book series that has truly gotten me back into reading. Each time I picked it up it was difficult to put down.
It’s dark, with a complex main character and beautifully written. One of the tragic aspects of this book which I love is that even though there are moments where you know what the main character isn’t right, you as a reader cannot think of an alternative. It makes you question what you would do different, if there is anything you could do different. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

fishandfriends's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.5

One of the darkest books I've read. Kuang depicts war is it's most gruesome form. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

agooding'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Violence, and Blood

frankoceanlover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Gore, and War

watch out for chapter 21...

solune's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

This book put me in the interstices between emotions. It got me to experience the whole wheel of emotions. I love books that make me feel like I've lived a thousand other lifetimes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and War

bonitogato's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

From start to finish, the Poppy War is an engaging read. R.F Kuang does an excellent job in not only creating an interesting world with a lot of lore but also creating a compelling corruption arc for a woman who believes she’s wronged by the world. Really interested into seeing where the story goes in the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, and Rape

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