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  • The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
    kimreads
    Oct 20, 2025
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 5.0
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    WOW! So fun and a wonderful read, extremely graphic but captivating imagery, and the dialogue felt quite alive. Babel was my first book by R.F. Kuang and I’m reading Katabasis currently, so I’m enjoying this change of genre from intense academia into mythos and military (still dark themes).

    A common critique I hear of the writing is that the subtext is explicitly written out, however I feel it didn’t detract from the weight of the messages the characters were trying to underscore. In war especially, there should never be room for assumptions lol

    Super excited and looking forward to starting book #2!

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  • The Wall
    kimreads
    Oct 13, 2025
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    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.5
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    seeing the words “Frankencock! A bike-shaped dick” in one sentence and then Hebrew recitations immediately after is a type of whiplash I wasnt expecting in this book but am thoroughly enjoying

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