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

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

 
Reread: Rin is Wifey. I love her. I love this book. I just love the pain it causes me.


First time: Fuck me. Fuck me. Fuck me. This fucking amazing book with these fucking amazing characters. I died like fifty fucking thousand times. Fuckk. Fucking read this book. Thank you for coming to my ted talk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia