Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

1075 reviews

coadyleblanc's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War

erzim's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, War

talat's review against another edition

5.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, War

yesitsjessa's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Life changing, perspective changing, thought provoking, complex emotions and characters, big tone shift, heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse

This is a war novel based on REAL events from the Sino Japanese wars.

biblioescapist's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

beautyflora's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism

bellapappano's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, War

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Xenophobia

everdeen's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Infertility

ayeitsdaye's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Child death, Vomit

jen_follis's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I absolutely loved parts of this book and struggled with some others. Rin was a complicated character, but you still wanted to root for her even when she was making poor decisions. The hardest part to read was the destruction of Golyn Noise with the horrific atrocities committed by the Mugenese soldiers. I found out after finishing the book that that part was inspired by the Nanjing massacre which makes it even more horrific. 

Overall enjoyed this book, but I'm not sure if I'll finish the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Minor: Infertility