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The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

90 reviews

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.

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide

Moderate: Body horror, Suicide, Torture, Animal cruelty, Self harm, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape

sscarlettka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Incredible. I opened up the first few pages and it had me hooked from beginning to end. 

It is VERY violent and violence is described Im explicit detail. Especially on part 3. Definitley pick up with caution. 

I have so many memorable quotes from this book and many points that I have highlighted and will be returning to. The commentary on war and religion- exquisite. 

I do agree with some comments on its weaknesses. It was a bit strange that we got no background on the new characters introduced in the Cike but I’m hoping that will come as the series goes on. I’m obsessed and going straight into the next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

book_sense's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

 
Reread: Rin is Wifey. I love her. I love this book. I just love the pain it causes me.


First time: Fuck me. Fuck me. Fuck me. This fucking amazing book with these fucking amazing characters. I died like fifty fucking thousand times. Fuckk. Fucking read this book. Thank you for coming to my ted talk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

marie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, War, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Xenophobia

foreverinastory's review

challenging dark emotional slow-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

4.5

Damn. This was something else.

Rep: Chinese coded cast.

CWs: Addiction, blood, body shaming (especially for having darker skin), bullying, child abuse, child death, colonisation, cursing, death, drug abuse, drug use, emotional abuse, fire/fire injury, forced institutionalization/medical experimentation without consent, genocide, gore, grief, infertility, injury/injury detail, kidnapping, medical content, medical trauma, misogyny, murder, physical abuse, racial slurs, racism/colorism, rape, religious bigotry, sexism, sexual assault, sexual violence, torture, violence, war, xenophobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

readingunderthecovers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

This was a reread but I haven’t read The Poppy War since it came out (and I never read the others) so it felt like I was reading it for the first time. I was really impressed with this book. The plot is compelling, the characters are fantastic, and the world building is spot on. There are some really dark parts so please read the content warnings. 

I did this as a reread with a close friend and it was so much fun, can’t wait to move on to The Dragon Republic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Gore, Genocide, Drug abuse, Death, Confinement, Child death, and Blood

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

violaceae's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

reeseq10's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Vomit, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Colonisation, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Abandonment

This book is incredibly dark and filled with very heavy topics that were incredibly emotional to read.