Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

32 reviews

idkmangodffs'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Torture

Minor: Sexual harassment, Genocide, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, and Sexual assault

sirahhh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Genocide, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, War, Abandonment, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Child death, and Emotional abuse

helliepad's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

Mushu voice I can't believe my baby war criminal Fang Runin is all grown up and-*sniff* and

doing genocide willingly despite literal men, women, animals, and God telling her she can always say no

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, War, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Genocide, Mental illness, and Murder

ccpetrikas's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, War, and Xenophobia

saojimenez'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? It's complicated

4.5

i am at a loss for words. truly. it was good, but it left me wanting for more. which i guess is a good thing because there’s two more books in the series 😃 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal death, Infertility, Misogyny, Genocide, Ableism, Racism, Animal cruelty, Gore, Murder, War, Bullying, Cannibalism, Rape, Self harm, Abandonment, Torture, Blood, Drug use, and Violence

junovault's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Truly one of the best books I’ve read in awhile. Holy shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Racism, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Child death, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, and Animal death

storm_65's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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: War, Torture, Sexism, Rape, Murder, Gore, Drug use, Death, Blood, Addiction, Child death, and Genocide

Moderate: Infertility and Kidnapping

Minor: Cannibalism and Colonisation

taygypeggy's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, War, Torture, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Cannibalism

christlynserena's review against another edition

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

THIS BOOK IS THE BEST THING EVERRRR. ALSO RIN PLS STEP ON ME 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, War, and Xenophobia

morganphoenix's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Addiction, Rape, Torture, Violence, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Drug abuse, Confinement, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Self harm