veeronald 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

4.75

adventurous challenging dark funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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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Stunning. Thoughtful. Grim.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent