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The Poppy War

R.F. Kuang

4.23 AVERAGE

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

4.5⭐️
challenging dark sad tense 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

This book is upsetting not because of it's graphic nature but because of the characters. I had so much hope for you Rin and I am soo disappointed. 

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

This book was absolutely insane (in a good and bad way). There are some parts that are very hard to read, and are extremely upsetting to read. The book is all about anger and rage, and it feels so focused on the main character Rin's conflicts and life. It's so we'll written.

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

this was the breath of fresh air i needed (dont read the rest of the series if you wanna stay happy)

Elsker! Små irritationer mod Rin, jo længere ind i bogen man kommer. Forfærdelige beskrivelser og ødelagte hovedpersoner, men har til tider en humor og sødme der redder den. Forkert ting at tage med sig, men Altan er sindsygt lækker. 

The plot timeline and pacing seemed to be lagging through the second half of the book—I honestly liked the beginning more than the end. I did enjoy the dynamic mix of characters though, even though so many died it seemed liked so many survived lol