chronic_consumer 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

DID NOT FINISH: 39%

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Incredible writing and atmosphere. Will absolutely look into RF Kuang’s other works.. but the gratuitous (and real) violence of chapter 21 was too much for my heart. Incredible, but too much for me right now. Might try again at a later date.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War