lolooooooooo 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was all fun and games in the beginning then it got real serious real fast.When Rin was studying for the exam and dripping hot wax on herself I thought that’s a bit intense but no biggie ,then when the war started and her friends began dying I realized that this book was very much serious ,at times I wished rin would listen to her master more but of course for character development she didn’t 😭.When she was walking through the massacred city the descriptions were uncomfortably detailed.I can’t believe that Nezha died I was pretty sad .When she destroyed the federation  I was in  shock I didn’t think she would actually do it ,and now she has lost all her friends(well most of them)and ist addicted to opium and has a huge need for vengeance things can only go downhill from here .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, War