Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

273 reviews

mittymyers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Rape, Child abuse, Murder, War, Child death, Vomit, Torture, and Sexual violence

Minor: Infertility

sinnh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Murder, Infertility, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Genocide, Child abuse, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Bullying, Death, and Blood

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

5nazzyf0x's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.75

A hard book to read. Sounds dumb but it's only war there is not break from it, and it is extremely graphic which I was not prepared for. Both those aspects really aren't for me they are the genre I hate the most but it was written really well from a literary perspective. But safe to say I will not be finishing this series. I really wanted to love it as I hear people rave about it all the time but it's just not my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Medical trauma, Excrement, Colonisation, Grief, Infertility, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Death, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Genocide

lillypillygooseberry's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

lots of horrific imagery in this book. Definitely read the trigger warnings, especially if you identify as female: I consider myself pretty numb to most things in book but some of the descriptions were truly horrifying, especially because they are based on real-life events.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Confinement, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Colonisation, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, War, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, and Infertility

itsnabs's review

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

Moderate: Self harm, Rape, Addiction, Infertility, and Sexual violence

Minor: Bullying and Eating disorder

mitrabird2010's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Pregnancy, Classism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Xenophobia, War, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Infertility, Genocide, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Confinement, Colonisation, Child death, and Animal death

dogphilosopher's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Spoiler

2 words: Baby Barrels

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Drug use, Genocide, Pregnancy, Addiction, and Torture

aya1403's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Colonisation, Slavery, Suicide, Genocide, Infertility, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, War, Bullying, Addiction, Cursing, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

jesseeeka's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Self harm, Cursing, War, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual violence, Bullying, Classism, Child death, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Sexism, Slavery, Confinement, and Dementia

Minor: Excrement and Infertility