navayiota 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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wow. wow wow wow!! I haven't been this obsessed with a book in a while. i finished it in two days, really. i'm so upset i procrastinated starting it for so long. i love everything about this. i love the attention given to the psychology of all the characters, the history parallels to real life, the fantasy elements, i love every part of this. it makes me want to learn more about the real life history that inspired this story, and i cannot wait to begin the next books. i strongly recommend this, but be wary of triggers, cause the author really didn't hold back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Infertility, Medical content, Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts