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The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

17 reviews

wrenxavier's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Vomit, and Xenophobia

nerdybirdy101's review against another edition

5.0

If you can handle the content warnings, then I highly recommend this book! I have a BA in History and I appreciate the historical inspiration that the author uses in this work! I can clearly tell where they were inspired and how they worked their writer’s magic to transcribe it into their book. This book was magical in the explanations and themes that related to actual events in history. I also appreciate the magic world in the book and the explanations that are overviewed throughout the entire series. My teacher’s brain thinks this would be a wonderful book to use with mature high school seniors and any college student. I NEED to finish this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

rbookish's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

i see why people like it, but i’m not into high fantasy and war 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

victorianrogue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

librariesoflindsey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

Loved this book from the very beginning. The writing makes it come to life and the characters are so vivid in their descriptions.
The one thing I would say is to take the trigger warnings seriously. Every single tw I can think of applies to this book in gruesome, graphic ways, so just beware of this before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Infertility

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Eating disorder, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body shaming

This book contains very graphic triggers. Please be mindful of the trigger warnings and age recommendation (I would say 17+). Reader discretion is advised.

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

 📚 Rin is an incredible protagonist. She's more than just your plucky heroine - she's continually making mistakes and learning (and sometimes not learning) and it's fantastic to see a woman character allowed to act that way.
📚 It's also amazing to read an epic fantasy story based on real history that isn't European history.
📚 I loved that every character learned and grew and changed, often after learning more about people different from them.
📚 This world is so layered and detailed, and the characters struggle with really big questions brought on by the social and political intricacies of the story.
📚 Some of the writing was a little heavy handed, but I feel like that can be attributed to the fact that the author was SO YOUNG when she wrote this (seriously, how?)
📚 It's extremely graphic. I guess that's not necessarily a dislike, more like a warning. Everyone will tell you how grim this book is, take them seriously. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

kirbylover16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I can't wait to read the dragon republic, the showdown is going to be awesome. I love hearing about shaman based magic and Asian involved work. It doesn't hold anything back about the cycle of war and it's ugliness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, and Toxic relationship