ellenisntcool 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

5.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is by far the best fantasy I have ever read, but also one of my absolute favourite books. R. F Kuanh is an amazing writer and I'm very excited to read more of her work. 

Edit: I also wish I could read this again for the first time, because it's still on my mind 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Excrement, Vomit