Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

1077 reviews

dominiq_ec's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was a wonderfully written piece of media, but young adults making emotionally charged decisions will never be my forte, especially being someone easily consumed by anger myself. And when you apply this to colonial narratives, we simply see colonial trauma transforming a victim into a colonizer herself. 

I had high hopes for Rin. And she was nowhere close to reaching them. But I’m not sure if she was meant to. 

I’ll think about reading the rest of the series, but I don’t think I will. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts

rascali's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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 death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation

xstargirlx's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship

Minor: Pedophilia, Colonisation

gabi_715's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

canwecallit's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

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

maegdingle's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Child abuse, Child death, Rape

athenareads97's review against another edition

2.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Will there ever be a Kuang protagonist I like? Apparently not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Vomit

pigeonsarecool's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use

eemadeeberry's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Colonisation

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts

maddieowens's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy