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

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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

5.0

Good god. This book is so richly imagined. I don’t know what else to say really - the book did not let go of me. It lived in me. I’m so glad I’m reading it with the whole series already published because I could not handle anything else right now. RF Kuang does not fuck around. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, War