Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

2797 reviews

lemoninator's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

athomehangel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Rape, Colonisation, and War

micahhhh20's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved the book from start until the last like 20 pages. I know it’s kind of the point throughout Rin’s maturation to realize what the world really is like but I’m disappointed in her decisions and her coping mechanisms which she explicitly said several times throughout the story that she would not succumb to. The ending gave Denaerys Targaryen in the worst way possible. Still one of my favorite reads of the year though 😇

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and War

aviabraham's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

9brightshiners's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a dark, unflinchingly violent trilogy but the characters nestled close to my heart and won't let go. Even on my third reading I'm still on the edge of my seat watching everything unfold and wishing it could be different this time. The love, camaraderie, grief, horror, and rage leap from the page. Despite the fantastic nature of this world it is grounded in true atrocities and historical events which makes it all the more gut wrenchingly human. The addition of mythological creatures and gods adds to the beauty and terror herein. Emily Woo Zeller's audiobook narration of Rebecca Kuang's incredible writing is an act of true alchemy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

While this is fantasy set in a different world than our own it is at least partially based on real world atrocities and contains extremely explicit descriptions of violence, gore, torture, rape, desecration of corpses, war, use of opium and other drugs, fire/fire injuries, genocide, dehumanization, and medical experimentation on unwilling humans. There are graphic descriptions of child and infant death and forced abortion. There are also instances of animal cruelty and death.

bearowl's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

A well written story focused on unlikeable people driven by horrible circumstances based on even worse history. The text all but glorifies atrocities and does nothing to present the main character as one you’d want to continue following. A friend has said the series has a pay off, and I hope it’s true because the quality of the writing does not save how unrepentantly dark this story is.

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Content Warnings

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

emsavors's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

youraveragewarlock's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

steeply's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

Okay, okayyy, OKAY!
This book is such a journey. It definitely isn't for the faint of heart, especially the later half of the book. it starts exploring some darker themes and some serious content warnings are required. When I say this is a war book this is a war book. It does not shy away from the terrible things that happen in war and the terrible people we become in it. In fact that is the entire point of the book summed up. The MC is one of my favorite female characters in a really long time. Her character growth

and moral decline

is so magnetic to read. I had to physically put the book down after a particularly heavy part

Golyn niis anyone?

. The ending had be in tears for many different reasons and at different escalations. I always knew this author was going to fuck me up, it's the reason I haven't read Babel past the first two chapters, it's this small feeling in your stomach where you know this book is going to change your life. And it did. I truly haven't stopped thinking about it since I finished it and I doubt I will any time soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Rape and Murder

Minor: Misogyny

makiato22'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War