jcole049 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

0.25

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I enjoyed this book until the graphic descriptions of war. If you have read this book, you know the descriptions I am referring to. I had nightmares—the same that plagued me after my Japanese history class. Some things are too far, and I cannot think of a reason to rewrite very real war crimes in a fictional book. You can get emotion without that level of detail. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail