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A review by katrinasbible
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
5.0
I can hardly imagine how rebecca kuang managed to sit with herself after writing this, I (cowardly) can hardly bring myself to read the last chapter of the first book.. this is a trilogy I am terrified and can’t predict what the remaining two books will bring. I mean this as a compliment I swear——-kuang accompanies savagery with grace and challenges philosophy and morality in the landscape of unimaginably brutal war inspired by the sino-Japanese war and the atrocities of the japanese occupation. the poppy war is a grand epic with a long and unforgiving journey that can only get worse in the next books I fear. I read 400 pages afternoon to evening, I even forgot to eat dinner. the last 100 pages were especially harrowing and it took a lot of rumination and staring at the wall before I could pick the remaining chapters up.
and in the midst of the current political climate with the ongoing genocide in gaza this is especially telling and all the more powerful.
and in the midst of the current political climate with the ongoing genocide in gaza this is especially telling and all the more powerful.