Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

89 reviews

o_u_nico's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Sexual assault, Body horror, and War

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Torture, Slavery, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Blood, Animal death, and Child death

ashleyxx8's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Addiction, Body horror, Colonisation, Drug use, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, and War

reddeddy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Xenophobia, Addiction, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Excrement, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Trafficking, Abortion, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, and Self harm

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Police brutality, and Pedophilia

zorya04's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Genocide, War, Death, Rape, Violence, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Religious bigotry

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

This book is brutal dude! The world-building is awesome, the character's feel so real. I put off reading it for so long because I knew that I would get sucked in and I literally read it all in a day. So much happens in this book and you are never let up for even a moment. If you are a fan of recent YA fantasy like Children of Blood and Bone or fantasy classics of Octavia Butler, particularly the Parable of the Sower and the Parable of the Talents then you will get sucked into this book too. Definitely check content warnings, because some parts are extremely difficult to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Death, Child death, War, Suicide, Death of parent, Animal death, Confinement, Colonisation, Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Addiction, Sexual violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Xenophobia, Vomit, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Torture, Self harm, and Physical abuse

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Slavery, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

toastyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

this book was phenomenal. it single-handedly pulled me out of my reading slump, and i could not put it down!!!!!! anyone who's interested in reading or curious of this book should really take the leap because the emotional distress is worth it. caution, this book is not for the faint hearted–there are a slew of triggers throughout. I hold Rin, Altan, Nezha, Ramsa, Kitay, and literally every character under the Nikaran sun (favourable ones, of course) so close to my heart. it simultaneously rips and beats for them. 

i really hope Nezha isn't dead. like i can't do this. especially after Altan??????????????? i'm really holding out on hope right now, that's literally all i have left. though i do have an incredibly strong gut feeling that he isn't, though he'll probably be extremely mentally distressed and fucked up because i'm assuming (if he's alive, which i'm 85% certain of) he's been held as a prisoner of war, and the universe fucking knows what the federation would have done to him. as i'm typing this, i just came up with a (paranoid) theory. what if Nezha isn't actually dead/captured and he's allied w the Empress and already knows of her plans and shit, so if Mugen "kidnapped" him, he wouldn't actually be a prisoner, but be unharmed. also, i'm super curious about what Enki said about Nezha being a shaman. i personally think that Enki is right, and Nezha never recovered from it, but did his spiritual/god/shamanistic mojo to walk again. and that's also why i think that Nezha isn't actually dead, because that seems like a hell of a foreshadow, and why would Kuang plant that if she wasn't intending on bringing him back???? idk just food for thought

and i don't trust Chaghan, i hope he doesn't have ill intentions. and Su Daji can suck my fucking dick, i've never trusted her. i hope Kitay doesn't turn his back on her forever; their friendship genuinely gives me so much happiness bc i feel like he's the first person that Rin has trusted/viewed as a true friend. I love Ramsa he's so adorable. and JIANG ZIYA IF YOU DONT COME BACK ISTG I WILL RAIN HELLFIRE ON YOU. and by the end, i understand why (because she felt like she was backed into a corner and there was literally nothing she could do to save Nikara from Mugen) but Rin was getting on my nerves. but i suppose that's what it means to grow into your own person, and not simple follow the formula of Sinegard's training (or just in general). and i feel like that's part of what Jiang taught Rin, even if it wasn't active teaching, but a passive learning that Rin adopted by observing him. and idk she went in the opposite direction of everything he taught her, but i feel like it's something that he simultaneously taught her too. 

sorry for the rant, i've never really reviewed/commented on something online, and none of my friends read *skull emoji* so i just had a field day of all the thoughts and theories running through my head :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, War, Violence, and Vomit

nickel_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Racism, Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, War, Violence, Suicide, Infertility, Addiction, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gore, Animal death, Genocide, Animal cruelty, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

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

singalana's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Vomit, War, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Child death, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Violence, Addiction, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Rape

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, Xenophobia, Infertility, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

middumullu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

Very good book. If you want to read, please please go through content warnings. I loved just about every character and also could not put this book down. It was very dark and very disturbing and intriguing. I don't think the summary does it justice - over half of the book is spent on war, not schooling. Honestly just want everyone to go to therapy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexism, Torture, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Maybe I forgot some? There's just a lot of traumatizing events and a lot of trauma that presents in a variety of ways. Since it's based on history, there is a chapter that graphically reflects the rape of Nanjing. also war is rough, there's a lot about corpses, drugs, opium use.