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The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
First: PLEASE look at the content warnings before you read. There are a lot of triggering things in this novel. There are parts of this book that hard to read due to the graphic content.
This book gripped me in a way no other has in a while. Thrilling and haunting in equal measure. The Poppy War will make you laugh and hope, and then slap you with the atrocities of war. You will root for the protagonist, Rin, and fear her all at once. You will sympathize with characters you once hated. You will watch characters morph and change for the better, but more often for the worse.
Rin is a poor war orphan who studies her way out of Rooster Province and into the prestigious Sinegard Academy. The events that unfold from there, I will leave for you to discover. Needless to say, I will be continuing this series.
This book gripped me in a way no other has in a while. Thrilling and haunting in equal measure. The Poppy War will make you laugh and hope, and then slap you with the atrocities of war. You will root for the protagonist, Rin, and fear her all at once. You will sympathize with characters you once hated. You will watch characters morph and change for the better, but more often for the worse.
Rin is a poor war orphan who studies her way out of Rooster Province and into the prestigious Sinegard Academy. The events that unfold from there, I will leave for you to discover. Needless to say, I will be continuing this series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism