Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

49 reviews

katemarie99's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

1.5

Not a great time tbh. Might try to push onward into the series now that the worst (??) is over...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, War, Xenophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual violence, Addiction, Fatphobia, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Violence

eri002's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, War, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Grief, Violence, Genocide, Murder, Rape, and Torture

Moderate: Excrement, Classism, Animal death, Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Xenophobia

ibroughtyouknives's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Confinement, Body horror, Classism, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, War, and Cursing

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

Such a strong book for a first time writer. Had me hooked from the very start. This is a book about war and as such there us a lot of triggering content but it was handled well. The age of the writer is evident in the entire book in the best possible way
(Check the tws theres a lot)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Suicide, War, Animal death, Rape, Body horror, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Death, Sexual assault, Slavery, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical trauma, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Medical content, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

stitchof's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Torture, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, War, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Suicide

euclids_5th's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-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

Holy. Fucking. Shit. I have not read a book that has made my heart pound like this in a very, very long time. I recommend going in blind, and then re-reading after you do some historical research. And for the love of God, READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS. It’s graphic. It’s sickening. And it is incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Mental illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Genocide, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and War

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Excrement, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Vomit, War, Blood, Bullying, Slavery, Suicide, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism and Animal cruelty

Minor: Pregnancy

marie_reads_again's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.25

I was promised to read the best fantasy novel ever, which was a bad set up, therefore i can only give this book 4⭐. It was a great book, but I was expecting it to be outstanding. When i found the same themes that are in every fantasy book, i felt somewhat disappointed. However, there were moments were i thought "damn, finally someone whos not following the text book of how to write a fantasy novel. It was very engaging, there was only one time i didnt feel like continuing it, but that also had to do with lack of time. It's fast paced, in the sense that quite a few years pass in the first half of the book, which i thought was very rushed while reading - in hindsight i think it was necessary and well done. I also love that R. F. Kuang did plenty of research about the japanese/chinese war, you can really see that she knows a lot about this topic when reading the book! 

what really put me off, though, was the immaturity of the protagonist. I'm guessing shes around 16 to 17 years old, but I thought since it's maketed towards adults, ths protagonist will be more mature. I found her a little annoying sometimes, but i want to continue reading, because the last pages made me think, that maybe its just a necessary character trait (not immaturity but something more like hot-headedness), which is going to make the story very interesting. 

definitely gonna clntinue this series and can recommend it :) 
oh but it's very graphic and brutal at times, look out for that! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Drug use, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

briesashes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, War, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Genocide, Gore, Domestic abuse, Blood, Animal death, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual assault, Murder, Grief, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Animal cruelty, Violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Death, Child death, Ableism, Child abuse, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

starship_olympus's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

1.75

Im in that camp, I know, I really wish this had been marketed as a YA because of the style of writing. The Content is often graphic and there’s a lot of cursing, but to say that this is an adult book Purely based on the content I think is unfair. 
There were a number of parts that got me. I was often on the edge of immersion and the inconsistency of the   dialogue pulled me back out. 
I really really really wish I liked this book more. genuinely and whole heartedly I do. But it didn’t hit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Addiction, Murder, Drug use, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Animal death, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Self harm, Sexual assault, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement