valentina25 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was amazing and terrifying and sickening and heartbreaking and beautiful and staggering and awful. I feel sick and icky but it’s one of the greatest debuts I’ve ever read. 

In saying that, I don’t agree with where it went and I can’t bring myself to continue reading the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism