Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

67 reviews

ataraxia96's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Violence, Torture, Racial slurs, Racism, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Rape

atomicrobin'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Animal death, Drug abuse, Death, Classism, Body horror, Blood, Infertility, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Violence, Sexism, Sexual violence, Bullying, Alcohol, Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, War, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

andilikepeaches's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

There were so many twists and turns throughout this book! I recognized scenes from WWII China immediately, and many of those moments were very difficult to read. I also got the sense as the story progressed that Rin was becoming something of an anti-hero, which turned out to be true. I found her choices at the end of the novel to be deeply disturbing and I really hope her growth takes an upward turn in book 2!

Spoiler

As an aside, I also hope Nezha is not dead (words I never thought I would say aloud).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Addiction, Drug use, Torture, Xenophobia, Death, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Bullying, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Genocide, Murder, Racism, and War

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

lottielat's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-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: Sexual harassment, Genocide, Death, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Slavery, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Infertility, and Grief

30something_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

5.0

What the actual fuck, Rebecca?

Damn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Misogyny, Death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, War, Racial slurs, Gore, Drug abuse, Child death, Sexism, Drug use, Cursing, Self harm, Racism, Rape, Genocide, Body horror, and Addiction

gumbi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Drug use, Vomit, Self harm, Racism, Cursing, Bullying, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Racial slurs

lainey_sherman3's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Torture, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Blood, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Sexual violence, and War

five_rats_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.25

As much as I wanted to like this book it just wasn't for me.

The pacing was somehow both achingly slow and way to fast, the many timeskips didn't leave time for relationships or characters to develop properly.

Reading the book felt more like the author giving me a summary. It was also like being told that Character A has this and that trait and has feelings foe this and that character instead of showing me, if that makes sense?

In addition to that the plot was very predictable and the writing style felt like the novel was supposed to be a YA fantasy instead of an adult fantasy book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Child death, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Gore, Addiction, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Slavery, Vomit, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Animal death, and Racial slurs

allisonmspiers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racism, Physical abuse, Grief, Genocide, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Classism, Violence, Cursing, Torture, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Child death, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Drug use, Abandonment, Ableism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, and Animal cruelty

Forced marriage, human experimentation, massacres, menstruation,