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averyadventurous 's review for:
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There’s been talk in a lot of bookish spaces about fantasy as a genre having an empire problem. R.F. Kuang completely subverts that trope. Empires are bad. Power of any type is bad. She pulls no stops with this book. It’s brutal. It’s disgusting. It’ll make you question your life choices and reconsider everything you think you know about world history. I need the rest of the series immediately.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Toxic friendship, War
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail