savvy999 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

5.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Instant classic. Rapturous and biting, intensely thought provoking. Seamless battle scenes and the totality of war brutally executed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Sexual assault, Blood, Trafficking, Colonisation