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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

R.F. Kuang

Start date: November 1, 2025

Finish date: November 30, 2025

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Aug 06, 2024 shania (hiatus) rated it it was amazing

“i have become something wonderful, she thought. i have become something terrible. was she now a goddess or a monster? perhaps neither. perhaps both.”

don't talk to me. ...more

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Mar 25, 2024 Selma Z L rated it it was amazing

╰┈➤ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙒𝙖𝙧
#𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙣𝙚
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↪“ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴡᴀʀɴ ʏᴏᴜ, ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴡᴀʀʀɪᴏʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ɪs ᴘᴀɪɴ.”
⤷𝑔ℯ𝓃𝓇ℯ:
- Fantasy
- Fiction
- Historical
- Mythology
⤷𝒶𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓉𝒾𝒸:
- fantasy war setting
- magic
- military school
- shamans and gods
⤷𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉:
Rin, Fang Runin, is a war orphan who is adopted by a farmer family. To take life in her own hands she starts studying for the Empire-wide placement test and attending the most prestigious military academy in Nikan.
At Sinegard she manages to form friendships (Kitay) but also ...more

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Oct 04, 2025 Akshatha ⭐ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, fantasy

I am at a loss for words to describe this book.
I feel like I went through so many things, saw so many things by the end of this book.
All the characters seem so real. The fantasy element with the powers and the gods is so well thought out and unique.
I was scared at so many points and I am scared now to think what I might find in the next books in the series.
This book shows the destruction a war brings. Not just by killing people but also by controlling people. The fact that much of the atrocitie ...more

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Jan 01, 2025 michelle rated it it was amazing

10000/5 ⭐️
oh my god this book should at least offer you aftercare after it FUCKS YOU.

spoilers down below!
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"She was no victim of destiny. She was the last Speerly, commander of the Cike, and a shaman who called the gods to do her bidding.
And she would call the gods to do such terrible things."❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
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I LOVE ME AND UNHINGED, BLOODTHIRSTY, POWERFUL FMC. Fang Runin you can burn me if you want🧎🏻‍♀️
I'm not mentally prepared to move on to the next book... ...more

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