bellybooboo 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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okay so.. this is actually a 4.5 ONLY AND ONLY cause i kind of had to push myself through it a bit. it was kind of slow at first at least for me but the story and the character development goes CRAZY in this book..

if fang runin was this savage in this book i can only imagine in the other ones. i WILL be continuing this series. welcome back darth vader. i can’t WAIT to see what rin was in story for the empress.

january book of 2025 - lembi

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail