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I did manage to finish the book, but I don't think I will be continuing the series.
RF Kuang though, has improved significantly in her later books so if you like Poppy War do check those out!
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail
anyway great book! a little slow to start, but once i got into it, i didnt want to put it down anymore. the narration is a little repetitive sometimes, very insistent to make a point, so you like it or you don’t. dialogues kind of sounded unnatural too, not very often but it did throw me off the few times i noticed it.
all my other points are positive, though! rin is a great mc, so deeply flawed and difficult to like, and she treads through the story in a way that’s quite captivating and horrifying, like a car crash or a catastrophe. her supporting cast has depth too, at least as far as rin herself is able and willing to comprehend, and it’s clear they all have their own stories and motives. the plot is VERY interesting, and the worldbuilding is extremely well done. i think the book achieves exactly what it was meant to. i really enjoyed it.
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, War
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Drug use, Genocide, Rape, Self harm, Xenophobia
It wasn't so much a tonal shift as a natural progression. Looking back, I can see how
I was a bit frustrated with the characters at the end but the last few pages brought me around, and now I'm excited to see where this goes.
My biggest annoyance with the book is how
Graphic: Drug use, Misogyny, Violence, Xenophobia, War
Moderate: Addiction, Sexual violence
Minor: Self harm
Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Violence, Xenophobia, War
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt
Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Blood, Colonisation, Classism
It's real in your mind. That's as real as anything gets.
Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Xenophobia, War
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse
Minor: Sexual violence
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Colonisation, War, Classism