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A review by uisgeart
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is one of the book series that has truly gotten me back into reading. Each time I picked it up it was difficult to put down.
It’s dark, with a complex main character and beautifully written. One of the tragic aspects of this book which I love is that even though there are moments where you know what the main character isn’t right, you as a reader cannot think of an alternative. It makes you question what you would do different, if there is anything you could do different.
It’s dark, with a complex main character and beautifully written. One of the tragic aspects of this book which I love is that even though there are moments where you know what the main character isn’t right, you as a reader cannot think of an alternative. It makes you question what you would do different, if there is anything you could do different.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury