tabbed_reads2much 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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If 'The Mysterious Benedict Society' went to war.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Colonisation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail