Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

316 reviews

flamesocks's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense

• 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: Child death, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Child abuse, Classism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, and War

lavenderviolin's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Drug use, Violence, and War

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

samanthamcquade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Drug abuse, Blood, Animal death, Addiction, Gore, War, Violence, Genocide, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Child death, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

marinasjd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Body horror, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

claire_reardon's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

WOW. This was PERFECTION. 10/10 characters, 10/10 storytelling, 10/10 everything. Excuse me while I become a hermit and read the rest of this series immediately.

Me 🤝 angry female protagonists who are allowed to go absolutely feral 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Grief, Blood, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, War, Torture, Self harm, Slavery, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

cowboylikestoread43's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Colonisation, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Genocide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

starzyk's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Torture, Body horror, Death, Gore, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Rape, War, Drug use, Grief, Physical abuse, and Slavery

ainsley_j's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, War, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Rape, Cursing, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug use, Child death, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts