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todayinlimbo 's review for:
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang
dark
tense
medium-paced
audiobook + ebook read
despite the low rating i may still read the rest of this trilogy, i’m interested in seeing where this goes.
my main issue with this book was the character work… they were all underdeveloped and the characterization that was there felt inconsistent. both the characters and some parts of the story are very trope-y, and nothing interesting is done with those tropes. the world building is lacking and pulled me out of the story a few times. i don’t know how i feel about how the speerlies are depicted either…
despite the low rating i may still read the rest of this trilogy, i’m interested in seeing where this goes.
my main issue with this book was the character work… they were all underdeveloped and the characterization that was there felt inconsistent. both the characters and some parts of the story are very trope-y, and nothing interesting is done with those tropes. the world building is lacking and pulled me out of the story a few times. i don’t know how i feel about how the speerlies are depicted either…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism