A review by nerdybirdy101
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

5.0

If you can handle the content warnings, then I highly recommend this book! I have a BA in History and I appreciate the historical inspiration that the author uses in this work! I can clearly tell where they were inspired and how they worked their writer’s magic to transcribe it into their book. This book was magical in the explanations and themes that related to actual events in history. I also appreciate the magic world in the book and the explanations that are overviewed throughout the entire series. My teacher’s brain thinks this would be a wonderful book to use with mature high school seniors and any college student. I NEED to finish this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Vomit