The Poppy War

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Finally managed to get around to another Nebula nominated book, and THE POPPY WAR by R.F. Kuang is a marvelous debut, that is layered in all the right ways. I listened to it on audio book, narrated by the perfect Emily Woo Zeller and it is a riiiide.

Content warnings: sexual assault, rape, extreme violence, self-harm

Rin is a war orphan from a backwater province, dropped on the doorstep of a seemingly good matured married couple. They try to manipulate her in order to achieve better leverage...