A review by himbomeena
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This story broke me terribly and it was amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Suicide, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Body horror, Colonisation, Genocide, Gore, Xenophobia, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Drug use, War, Violence, and Trafficking