Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

2797 reviews

sab7800's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Suicide

brittystardust's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.5

The worldbuilding was incredible. Very brutal and graphic, but well-written. Make sure you check trigger warnings for this one if you're sensitive to violence. I will definitely read the rest of the series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, and War

Moderate: Child death and Abortion

camifestari'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

4.0

Ok. So definitely a loooot of trigger warnings..

This was fun, very hard to read at times, very cruel, but super readable!
Definitely would recommend if you can stomach it~

The writing tough.. I don't know, something felt off. Like she would say something and later that was not actually the case, and the again, and it happended too many times throughout the book for my taste. Maybe it has a reason why? dk.
Also, like.. I don't think I really know what she is trying to convey with these books, but I guess I'll have to wait to finish the series!
Solid 4 stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

lorepanda's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Rape

robotnik's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

basils_books's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This book was not for me, but I can see why so many people love it. The gore and dark themes just became too much for me, and I would strongly advise people who may want to read this book to look into a full list of trigger warnings first. That being said, the writing itself is very good, the plot is gripping, and the characters are compelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

freyajhugroo's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

5.0

Reading this book feels like you are getting slapped in the face repeatedly. The first half you get slapped every 30 pages or so and then in the last half every ten and then every page. I will be reading the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

moranwehrli'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

mayvisin's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

I have complicated feelings about this book.

As many others have written, the first half of the book does feel very Patrick Rothfuss/Tamora Pierce/Rebecca Yarros YA magic academy.

I knew there had been warnings about graphic violence but had tried not to dig too much to avoid spoilers. Holy fuck. I was wholly unprepared for

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. Up until that point I'd suspected parallels between Kuang's world and our own (maybe a little ignorantly since it was blatantly obvious to others with a better grasp of Chinese history/culture), but with

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the violence was so documented and detailed I realized that it must have been based on real events. I was horrified to learn that they weren't an amalgam of various atrocities through history à la Margaret Atwood but all based on one event. 

I feel really conflicted about the book because I kind of resent having unwittingly uploaded those images and horrors to my own brain (a definite case of check the trigger warnings, you absolute dummy), but am also impressed with the way the author used the shock and horror of it to effectively drive curiosity and education. Gotta say I know way more about how WW2 played out in China, and Japanese war crimes than I did before picking up this book. Touché.

I don't necessarily love the characters or the story, but I admire the way the author is taking history, packaging it up and shoving my face into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Torture, Blood, and War

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

janetsuzanne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail