vonhustler 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is a good book, but it is extremely dark and graphic at times. It is challenging due to the subject matter, but still a good read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism