Reviews - The Poppy War | The StoryGraph

48.6k reviews for:

The Poppy War

R.F. Kuang

4.23 AVERAGE

barley_'s review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Terrifying and fantastic.

gebbenta's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense fast-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

leahariel_ndx's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content Warnings

kew14's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-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

sarah_reads_stuff3's review against another edition

2.0

Spoiler

I don’t understand the hype with this one. It gets 2 starts because there were still elements of the story I enjoyed, such as the idea of the Shamans and the Gods and the crazy old Lore Master getting high in his garden.
But none of the main characters are likeable. Rin is whiney and spiteful to a degree that isn’t justified by her story. There was way too much brutality and hate, and it wasn’t balanced.
There are no good deep connections here between characters. Her Lore Master ghosted her, I thought Altan would be a love interest but he was a doped up loser, even her best friend dude at the end was like nah I’m out.
They all just got high and made shit decisions. The smartest guy in the book was the Lore Master who imprisoned himself in the Stone Mountain and went fuck this i’d rather be trapped for eternity than deal with this BS.

kdreese's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

scarletandwhite's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dangeodi's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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: Complicated

Incredibly compelling and dark.

nicolelankist's review

4.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

lisbeth_e's review against another edition

4.5

dark informative sad tense 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

I’m utterly speechless. The lines between justice and vengeance are blurred. Is there even a chance of truly having either? Is it ever worth it or enough? This book is not for the weak hearted and weak minded.

More...