Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Poppy War (Perang Opium) by R.F. Kuang

581 reviews

stephanierjw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Racism, Violence, and War

mathildereads5's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

pages_in_the_dark's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

emmak2121's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tlstark1994's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Could have done without the horrific descriptions of Golyn Niis. I get the point that was being made, but anyone with no stomach for gore, or horror should be aware.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

star_witch's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Gore

Minor: Bullying, Infertility, and Misogyny

ambibambi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Self harm, Violence, and War

cordeliant'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

ruthmoog's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

4.25

This was engagingly written, but I ended up dipping in and out of the story which meant I enjoyed it less than had I focused on it as a chunk.

It's a long book, an exciting adventure, pretty gruesome, great ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Torture, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

occuprop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

The book is about The Nanjing Massacre and other atrocities of WW2. Take the content warnings seriously and don't go into this expecting a sanitized fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic