Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

220 reviews

zouzsh's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Torture, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Gore, Slavery, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and Bullying

fox_bug's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Rape, War, Blood, Hate crime, and Sexual violence

taemd58's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Rape, Infertility, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Body horror, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Violence, Vomit, War, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, and Hate crime

nclausel25's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Murder, War, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Infertility, Addiction, Body horror, Blood, and Emotional abuse

lola218_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Drug use, Xenophobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Murder, Slavery, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Violence, Sexual assault, Animal death, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, War, Genocide, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, and Infertility

chloeanderson's review against another edition

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

Such an impactful book, I was hooked and it made me think about and explore history I was previously unaware of.

Only reason didn’t get 5 was pacing was a bit off at time, sometimes switches from scenes felt sudden and the scene with Venka I felt was too graphic for what I felt the author was trying to achieve. I am not a writer but I question if there was another way that we could hear Venka and the other women’s stories, I want to hear them they are important but as a survivor it was very triggering and something very quick and unexpected. I question if there was another way to highlight these women’s stories is all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, War, Xenophobia, and Genocide

Moderate: Murder, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Colonisation, Self harm, and Drug use

rilakkumas'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
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, Slavery, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Rape, Addiction, Torture, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Gore, Animal death, Hate crime, Violence, and War

xx_salem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.5

I liked the book and loved the main character and how far she was willing to take it. However I slowly began to dislike how she took over the motives of others and lost her own motives, I couldn’t understand her stake in anything or why she cared that much. The ending left a little to be desired, like it was brushed over, but I hope to see more consequences in the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Genocide, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Addiction, Animal death, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Murder, Body shaming, Colonisation, Self harm, Mental illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Torture, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Animal cruelty, Grief, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Vomit, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and War

3hdragon's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.25

I can’t recommend this book. The pacing is all over the place, the plot seemed to have too many patches to make a cohesive plot, and the MC becomes increasingly less likeable throughout the book until by the end you’re rooting for her to not make it. She becomes more powerful and more bratty until you’re screaming at her to please make better choices and stop hurting everyone around her. By the end I was hoping she wouldn’t make it and the sequels would be about someone else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Kidnapping, Racism, Bullying, Child abuse, Murder, War, Gore, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Grief, Body horror, Child death, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Genocide, and Classism

queenoffred's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad 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

what a book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Rape, Addiction, Grief, Hate crime, Child death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Suicide, War, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Drug use, Violence, and Torture