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sablar 's review for:
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m a Fang Runin enjoyer and understander. It was so refreshing to actually read from the perspective of an actual antihero. Kuang is an expert at creating a character and at leaving no stone unturned in the efforts to build her world and explore the themes she is writing about.
I read Babel before I picked this up and it was fascinating to see the seeds of Babel that were planted in this novel. Not that there’s an direct correlation to Babel and Poppy War, rather, in how she presented and explored human suffering, dehumanization, and colonialism in Poppy War; it was evident that this was the writer who was always going to write Babel.
I read Babel before I picked this up and it was fascinating to see the seeds of Babel that were planted in this novel. Not that there’s an direct correlation to Babel and Poppy War, rather, in how she presented and explored human suffering, dehumanization, and colonialism in Poppy War; it was evident that this was the writer who was always going to write Babel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism