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Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Excrement, Dementia
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic
The Poppy War is a breath of fresh air in a fantasy world dominated by Eurocentrism - opening to the map of something that didn’t resemble the British Isle was pleasant. I’m glad I went into this one almost blind, however I did expect a lot more time in the war college than we got. The world building was great, though slow, and felt like info dumping at times. This is my only critique for the book and I fully understand that it is a necessary evil.
I particularly enjoyed the explorations of colorism, misogyny, and “otherness” throughout the story. Kuang does a great job of creating characters that are representative of all sides of the rhetorical spectrum that don’t feel like caricatures.
Overall, solid start to the series and I can’t wait to see where it goes in the rest of the trilogy.
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Classism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, War
Minor: Animal death, Infertility
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War
Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Sexual violence, Blood, Colonisation, Classism
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.
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
Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, War