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A review by mriga
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
1.0
A definite DNF for the series! #unpopularopinion
The writing seems more for the shock value than any real development of characters. Despite Rin finding a way to enter the Academy and then study Lore, she seems to have no arc in the book. She is at her best reactive and at her worst random.
I picked this up because it is really popular, most people seem to love it but I cannot understand why. The author has written the book like a screenplay where we are spending an inordinate amount of time on descriptions (which I usually love) and almost none on creating a sense of the main characters.
Loved the themes and I wish there was anything else positive about this!
The writing seems more for the shock value than any real development of characters. Despite Rin finding a way to enter the Academy and then study Lore, she seems to have no arc in the book. She is at her best reactive and at her worst random.
I picked this up because it is really popular, most people seem to love it but I cannot understand why. The author has written the book like a screenplay where we are spending an inordinate amount of time on descriptions (which I usually love) and almost none on creating a sense of the main characters.
Loved the themes and I wish there was anything else positive about this!