A review by shelbyanoel
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

"The Poppy Fields" unpacks and makes you sit with grief, stages of grief, and the love that surrounds us when we have lose in our life. Nikki Erlick intertwined the loss and resiliency with a new-age and scientific and mild dystopian approach to how others can deal with grief. Through screening, entering a program patients who are admitted to the Poppy Fields sleep program for 1-2 months and rejuvenate their senses to cope with significant loss and trauma in life.

 I think that this is the piece that will resound most with readers- loss and dealing with the loss of those we love, hold dear, and learning to cope with putting pieces together in our own lives afterwards. The Poppy Fields was filled with sad, yet moments of happy and still joy evoking in road tripping across America, hot air ballooning, falling in love, and how each character has a different life walked and love that surrounds them. 

Thank you so much Netgalley, Nikki Erlick, and William Morrow for granting my ARC wish!