Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

175 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

mpbookreviews's review

dark emotional 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: Torture, Self harm, Racism, Child death, Violence, Grief, Gore, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Murder, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, War, Vomit, Sexual violence, and Drug use

icepoppy's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Drug abuse, Rape, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Medical content, War, and Violence

ibroughtyouknives's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Confinement, Body horror, Classism, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, War, and Cursing

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism

georgia_lou's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, War, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

ienbdri's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Holy hell 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Violence, Genocide, Rape, Gore, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Addiction

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

Such a strong book for a first time writter. Had me hooked from the very start. This is a book about war and as such there us a lot of triggering content but it was handled well. The age of the writter is evident in the entire book in the best possible way
(Check the tws theres a lot)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Misogyny, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug use, Torture, Rape, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Addiction, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Bullying, and Medical content

rebelscum's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-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? Yes

4.0

While I did enjoy the book, I don't think I'll continue the series, as I found the setting very dark by the end with, to me, not much hope for a good ending. That alone would be fine but I struggled to connect to the character by the end. Not a bad book, but not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Rape, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Colonisation, and Medical content

There is an extended sequence depicting the sacking of a town, where we get gruesome details of what happened from survivors, as well as descriptions of the aftermath. This includes graphic depictions of rape, murder of people of all ages, and torture. I believe much of this was deliberately drawing from accounts of the Rape of Nanking by Japanese forces in WW2, and other details from that war and occupation in China. There are also depictions of drug use throughout the book

sara_malo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, War, Medical content, Gore, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Blood, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Classism, Child death, Child abuse, and Body horror