Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

2517 reviews

zephyre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

Pure madness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Genocide, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Self harm, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Racism, Grief, Child abuse, Blood, Drug use, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

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

annablanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

Dark and mystical. The most realistic portrayal of war I've read in fantasy literature– there are no happy endings. Was wild to finish it off whilst a little high on (hospital-issued) drugs when drugs were a main focus of the text. Another killer text from Kuang.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Racism, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Genocide, Death, Physical abuse, and War

Moderate: Murder, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Kidnapping, Infertility, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

sph108's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

This book is dark and violent but worth it. Covers themes of good and evil and whether they can be the same 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Addiction, Murder, Death, Genocide, Child death, Rape, Torture, Sexual violence, Drug use, Self harm, and Physical abuse

jane_farstrider's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Violence, Genocide, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Torture, Addiction, and Child death

matttruss's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

Contains maybe the most brutal description of the evil of war, genocide, hatred, and torture I have ever read in a book.  However, it's not just brutal and grotesque for shock value, it very much serves a purpose and gets you in the same headspace as the main character so you can understand why she makes some of the worst possible decisions again and again.  Hatred is a strong theme in this book and it's fascinating to explore and watch the train wreck unfold.  The polar opposite of a pacifist/love thy enemy mindset this book explores the implications of hating an enemy so much you would destroy yourself to destroy them.  Themes of gods, why bad things happen to good people, the impact of deciding someone is less than human, the cost of war, and revenge, are all explored.  What starts as a typical "smart character gets sent to military academy" fantasy trope ends as a brutal artifice of war.  The book tackles several historical issues in a very clever way and really makes you think.  I really enjoyed.  Slight knock for me for the over-explanation of war tactics and strategy.  If you're into that kind of thing, this is a five star book, it just makes me glaze over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Body horror, War, and Torture

enaraccoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Murder, and War

_dani's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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: Violence, Torture, War, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, Drug use, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

mladerer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Addiction, Colonisation, Violence, Genocide, and Gore

sabberg6's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

everyone should read this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, and War

Minor: Sexual violence and Rape