Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

100 reviews

kikalox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Grief, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I think the book is well done. The characters are vivid and the story is rich, the chaos and desperation that stems from war seems very realistic, I do have just one subjective opinion, that keeps me from liking this book: everything is so angry and hateful and I am not about that. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Confinement, Slavery, Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Vomit, Sexism, Sexual assault, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

jessicaludden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

“War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who remains.”

Oh this was insane. I feel like I’ve lived so many lives with Rin in one book. This book destroyed the idea of destiny in favor of this idea that we make decisions that lead us to where we are and Rin embraces that entirely. It starts with Rin’s coming of age and as the story progresses it turns into her loss of innocence. I loved the war and politics in this combined with elements of shamanism and divine entities. It kept me on the edge of my seat and surprised me in many ways. It’s also interesting to see the power dynamics in different relationships within this story and how they impact the characters and shift as time goes on. Overall, I will be thinking about this for a while and I’m excited for the next one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Vomit, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, and War

nomenleftalive's review against another edition

This book promotes early hysterectomies to further academic learning, self harm for the same reason, and drug use to reach enlightenment. After that it was tame until it got to a massacre of a city. Here the atrocities written down are horrific and gratuitous in detail. If that wasn’t bad enough the author proceeds to have a character who was raped described in detail even more atrocities committed against her and other women. I stopped as soon as I realized how far the author was going. This is a terrible book that is well written enough to trick you into reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Violence, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Child death, War, Genocide, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Sexual violence, Self harm, Gore, and Domestic abuse

myk_yeah's review

adventurous challenging dark fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Rape, War, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, Genocide, Child death, and Medical trauma

Minor: Fatphobia and Self harm

Be aware that a certain chapter needs heavy TWs. I will put in wrapped in spoiler text.

Spoiler

Chapter 21 there are many many descriptions of grotesque murders and rapes. Later in the book there is increased content about addiction and a kidnapping.

ehabich's review

adventurous dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Murder, Genocide, War, Drug abuse, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Rape, Self harm, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

tammykuffo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Torture, Genocide, Abandonment, Addiction, Hate crime, Classism, Gore, War, Sexual violence, Blood, Child abuse, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, and Grief

gumbi's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Vomit, Self harm, Racism, Cursing, Bullying, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Racial slurs

andrea_carroll123's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Toxic relationship, Torture, Rape, Addiction, Blood, Drug use, War, Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Murder, Hate crime, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse

felynreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Never have I ever read a book like this before. The train of emotions that I've felt while I'm reading this was out of this world. It was amazing!

Just go on and read this book 'cause you'll not regret it 😉
Please check the TWs before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Deadnaming, Vomit, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Rape, Torture, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, War, and Slavery