The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
I hadn’t heard of R.F. Kuang until recently. It wasn’t until her name came up as John Campbell Award nominee that I decided to look into her work. And then I felt like a bit of a dill – because not only had The Poppy War been nominated for a John Campbell Award (Not quite a Hugo), but it had been nominated for a Nebula and a Locus Award as well. So I’m slightly ashamed I let her go unnoticed! There was nothing for […]
The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
The best way to describe this book is by saying it’s A LOT. Kuang has written something pretty epic here and kept me guessing the whole way through. The plot and writing style sucked me in, but I wouldn’t call this an easy read. It’s extremely grim and becomes progressively more disturbing as the narrative goes on. Well worth your time if you have the stomach for something that will repeatedly kick you in the face. Rin is an orphan who comes from a fairly […]
I was trawling the library’s New Books shelves (as you do when the school year is over, and you can easily read a stack of books in a few weeks), and R.F. Kuang’s debut novel The Poppy War caught my eye. I am trying to read more work by women of color, and science fiction/fantasy is not always the easiest to come by. I decided that this book held an intriguing premise, and I was curious to see how it would pan out. I read […]
