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

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

wow, just wow. i absolutely love how rin is so deeply flawed throughout this entire book with her questionable morals in the beginning almost acting as foreshadowing to the atrocities that end up happening at the end. i refuse to believe that nezha is actually dead but also if he’s still alive then it’s kinda hilarious that run watched him “die” then “come back to life” twice now lolll. i feel so bad for kitay having to watch his best friend become a monster in his eyes and to something that doesn’t even resemble his old bestie :( to watch her spiral every time she felt she was betrayed by someone she cared about was so heartbreaking because it seemed from her perspective that all the men in her life just wanted to use her to do their bidding. i know it was a war and that obviously changes people but it was still disheartening to watch her continue a cycle of finding someone she cares about and idolizes only to be let down by them because they are not the perfect picture she makes them out to be in her mind. i hope in the next books she can maybe try to make connections that are not rooted in the fact that she needs someone to be a perfect model for her to follow blindly. 
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