Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

75 reviews

winterstar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Colonisation, Murder, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Addiction, Torture, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug use

Minor: Abortion and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ptitirodactyle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Genocide, Gore, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, Blood, Grief, Bullying, and Child abuse

_linnea_'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Toxic friendship, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

bailey63's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Genocide, Rape, Colonisation, Blood, Violence, War, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Confinement, Torture, Gore, Grief, and Addiction

macadoo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical trauma, Child death, Classism, Pedophilia, Torture, Self harm, Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, War, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Blood, Bullying, Mental illness, and Murder

nika_golubenko's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Rape, Racism, Genocide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Colonisation, Violence, Torture, Addiction, Body horror, and War

kodafaith's review

dark emotional 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

4.25

I didn’t know what to expect going into this book, I knew it was about war and had something to do with a training academy, and that was about it. I was surprised how much I found myself enjoying the writing style and character interactions. The book definitely takes a turn and gets very dark but I appreciate it. This book depicts real war, the horrible things humans do to each other, how sometimes we look to another group and don’t even think of them as human.

This book definitely needs trigger warnings but none were there just for the sake of it, this all feels real and horrific. I will definitely be continuing on but might take a breather first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, War, Genocide, Murder, Drug use, Torture, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Violence, Blood, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infertility, Suicide, and Cursing

This book has detailed scenes relating to war and the violence that comes with it.

levtolstoy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book BROKE me. The first part about regular schooldays in a fantasy world was a lot of fun. In part two hell broke loose and in the third part every page tore my heart into smaller and smaller pieces. Cannot wait for the pain from the next books. 😀👍

The characters were great and character relationships were even better. Love me some morally gray protagonists. :)💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Blood, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Child death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, and War

motherofpurl's review

adventurous dark 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: Murder, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Violence, Torture, War, Drug use, Rape, Drug abuse, and Child death

Minor: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Trafficking, Confinement, and Sexual violence

fedekanejbrainrot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

5.0

if this isn't the best fantasy you've ever read, then what the hell did you read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abortion, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, and Physical abuse