A review by periodblood
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A wild ride.

Throughout the book there were some pacing and characterisation (in the middle) issues.
What hit the hardest for me
were the page long rape descriptions from Venka
as well as
the general descriptions of the state in Golyn Nii
. 
Nonetheless, there was still some humor given throughout the book. Rin is a perfect protagonist. She emotionally complicated and annoys you every few pages (at least). I ex remely dislike Altan.

I really don't know what else to say. I just feel disturbed.
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