Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

75 reviews

k_o's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Infertility, Murder, Violence, Drug use, Physical abuse, War, Sexual violence, Vomit, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Torture

ibroughtyouknives's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Confinement, Body horror, Classism, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, War, and Cursing

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism

raisinbrann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting, Drug use, Mental illness, Drug abuse, War, Sexual harassment, Murder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Gore, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Misogyny, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Slavery, Trafficking, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Body horror, and Infertility

ienbdri's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-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

3.25

Holy hell 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Violence, Genocide, Rape, Gore, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Addiction

samanthaleeshea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book felt all over the place. The first half was reading like a YA fantasy and I was having a hard time getting into it. Then the second half was completely different, graphic depictions of horrible violence and gore. Huge content warning for this book.

I had to put it down several times because of the graphic nature. 

I’m not sure if I’ll finish the series. 

Despite that I give it a 3.75 simply because I did, for the most part, enjoy the overall story and writing. The characters had depth and I was gripped until the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Vomit, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Grief, Rape, Child death, Drug use, Genocide, Addiction, Murder, Racism, Death, and War

lozzo_bozo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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

In shambles

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Racism, Rape, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Addiction, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death, and Violence

nimeneth's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I thing I read a different book than all of the 4 and 5 star reviews, because I didn't like it after the war started in Sinegard, which was relatively early in the book. I kept hoping I would like it more as it continued, but really just... No.

I understand that this is a war book, which means lots of death, destruction, and mayhem, but most of the depictions of the horrors of this were over the top and felt like gratuitous shock factors to me. Came out of this thinking Rin is a dumbass and very much inhuman herself, after her last major act. It's ironic considering that's how Mugen is viewed throughout. The writing also wasn't great, with big info dumps throughout and somewhat lazy characterization, and don't even get me started on the Mugen battle "plans". Kuang's interests for them definitely hinged on turning them into the evil Other, which she did achieve, but it felt so disjointed and poorly executed that it was annoying.

Not continuing the series and don't recommend it, even giving Kuang some leeway on this being her debut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Blood, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, War, Xenophobia, Racism, Murder, Medical trauma, Gore, Death, Torture, Self harm, Drug abuse, Colonisation, and Child death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

irodori_megu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Body horror, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Slavery, War, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Minor: Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Infertility, Vomit, and Pedophilia

charliecarey's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: Infertility, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Rape

magspaggs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.5

While I enjoyed this book, I think there is something incredibly flawed about Rin, which I know I the point. It’s just frustrating. There was also a few things that I felt weren’t conveyed as well as they could have been. Namely why Rin was so ready to be a soldier for a country that didn’t want her. She spends most of the book bemoaning anything that isn’t the war or goes against being a “good soldier” and I do not understand why. Where does her loyalty to her country or from? I hope that is explored a little bit more. 

Overall though this book made me literally cry, something that hasn’t happened in a while. Interested to see where the series goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Sexual content, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, War, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization