Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

1078 reviews


Expand filter menu Content Warnings
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is one of the best books I have ever read. From the beginning to the very end I was enraptured in the story. It is compelling, emotional, and tough to read at times. Highly recommend, be ready for a lot of blood and war.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Strong ideas surrounding the magic system that are not explored much.

Main character is unlikeable to a point where they are not relatable and come across as annoying. Tried to pick up the second and immediately put it down as it's more of the same.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-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

2,6⭐️

It makes me very sad to know that it didn't live up to the greatness that everyone promised. After reading Yellowface and this book I'm coming to the conclusion that maybe this author isn't for me. 

The truth is that I didn't understand much of what happened. I don't know if it's because it has a lot of modern Chinese history or because of the difficulty of fantasy, but my face while reading was like this: 😀❓️

It has unnecessarily graphic and violent scenes, and monsters that don't make any kind of sense with the plot.

I didn't connect with the characters, or the story, or the ending.

I already have the other two books so I don't know what the hell I'm going to do, if anyone wants them, I'm selling them lol.

Many say that the story gets better in the following volumes, I doubt it. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
adventurous dark 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

wow, just wow. i absolutely love how rin is so deeply flawed throughout this entire book with her questionable morals in the beginning almost acting as foreshadowing to the atrocities that end up happening at the end. i refuse to believe that nezha is actually dead but also if he’s still alive then it’s kinda hilarious that run watched him “die” then “come back to life” twice now lolll. i feel so bad for kitay having to watch his best friend become a monster in his eyes and to something that doesn’t even resemble his old bestie :( to watch her spiral every time she felt she was betrayed by someone she cared about was so heartbreaking because it seemed from her perspective that all the men in her life just wanted to use her to do their bidding. i know it was a war and that obviously changes people but it was still disheartening to watch her continue a cycle of finding someone she cares about and idolizes only to be let down by them because they are not the perfect picture she makes them out to be in her mind. i hope in the next books she can maybe try to make connections that are not rooted in the fact that she needs someone to be a perfect model for her to follow blindly. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I had heard a lot about this book but didn't really know what it was about, so I went in blind. There is so much happening in this first book, it's so fast paced but you still get invested in the FMC. There are several male characters but so far they are more like window dressing mentors or adversaries. I could not put this down, if I wasn't reading it I was listening to it and making my husband listen to it too. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
challenging dark informative reflective sad 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

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

This book is heavy, nuanced, and one that takes time to get through. I enjoyed it, as it is thought-provoking, but I set it down many times as it is graphic and can be disturbing. I highly recommend it, but not if you are not in a place to read a novel about the horrors of war.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings