Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

497 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

cammie_p's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, and 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

ann99's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Violence, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Genocide, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Rape

emrosch'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? It's complicated

4.75

Brilliant.
Does not shy away from describing the cruelty of war and what it does to people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

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

dennyiii's review

dark informative reflective 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

sudden tone change in the book may not suit everyone, it also gets very graphic so CHECK THE TRIGGER WARNINGS!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, War, Drug use, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Violence, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, and Body horror

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

rais's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, War, Sexual violence, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Excrement, and Grief

cida's review against another edition

Such an interesting composition in terms of mood. The book started of quite “fun” going to classes, school drama etc. and then suddenly plummeted into this fatal seriousness, panic and darkness that only became deeper as the book went on. The change in mood was a shock to the system and worked so incredibly well in conveying the feeling when war suddenly becomes a reality. A great study in power, war, oppression, abuse, trauma and most of all violence. I can’t stretch the violence part quite enough, it was much worse than I thought it would be, explicit and more terrible than any horror film I’ve seen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual violence, Torture, Child death, Classism, Violence, War, Drug abuse, Murder, Colonisation, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Genocide, and Gore