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

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It is a bit tropey towards the beginning but this does not take away from the story and fades away after the first few chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Rape, Genocide, Addiction, Blood, Death, Violence, Gore, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Infertility, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Medical trauma

Read the content warnings, if you do nothing else in your research about this book read the content warnings