A review by cargonat
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Great book dealing with a lot of hard topics. Way darker than I expected initially!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, War, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, and Hate crime

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Animal death