Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

95 reviews

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

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

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

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

greciamj1958's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Slavery, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Gore, Grief, Racism, War, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Violence, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Body horror, Child abuse, Genocide, Sexual violence, and Murder

questionabletaste's review

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

Strategy heavy, extremely dark military fantasy about an orphan who discovers she's a shaman. Details of this book are difficult to read, I recommend checking content warnings. For me, the first third of this book dragged, but it quickly picked up speed once the war began. The ending will leave you shocked and reeling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

Minor: Bullying and Abandonment

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

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

I should’ve read this years ago!!! This was truly a wild ride with very complex characters. 

Definitely not gonna cry… yet. I’m just gonna be delusional as hell; pretend like what happened didn’t and all is well. 😀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Trafficking, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Vomit, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Death, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, War, and Xenophobia

stitchof's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Torture, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, War, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Suicide

karol99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, War, Xenophobia, Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Colonisation, and Addiction

Moderate: Classism, Excrement, Gore, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Rape, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Self harm, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit