kate_1910 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

4.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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

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It was really good, but not great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail