I read this after previously reading Project Hail Mary (which I loved). Compared to that, I found that the beginning part was just okay. And I got problems with how the character of Jazz is portrayed. But dang, the last 80 or so pages of this book got me at the edge of my seat that sometimes I had to take a break from reading. 😱. Great exciting space shenanigans 👍🏼. So the plot line saved this book for me.

Good continuation of the original Blue Zones book. Although I feel like it doesn't have as many interesting layers as that original one. But I think all the tips here are important and can be applied.

I enjoyed this continuation of the Poppy War, but to me this really feels like the middle book of a trilogy that gets you from the first book to the third book (I mean, it is). I feel like the book really started to get exciting from the 50% mark onwards, when things started to explain some of the things that are happening.

But that is the brilliance of Kuang's writing, right? She gets you into this mess of so many things that are happening, makes the reader curious and crave for an answer and then only giving them in drops at a time.

And then, when the answers are starting to trickle in, BAM, more deceptions and lies and betrayals take place and the reader is again thrown into this big unknown with a giant question mark.

Anyway, to be honest, this book just makes me want to get to Burning God as soon as possible because I just can't wait to see how everything ties together. 😄😄😄

... still in disbelief with how much cruelty can be found in the history of this world....

But i hope this book reminds everyone on the choices we can take everyday to help the lives of others.

This book is heavy. I came in without much expectations, but as I started reading, I glanced upon a review that said that this book is heavy, and therefore I feel like I got a little forewarning.

So, if you haven't read it, just be prepared. Take this as trigger-warnings because you might get triggered by a lot of things in the book. The descriptions of war aftermath in the book is detailed and can be a lot. So be warned.

I know that this is a fantasy, but to me personally, this book is like reading part of my history that no one wanted to write about but it's been talk about so much that us, the descendants, know the real atrocity that came with a war.

In the world war 2, my country was one that was occupied and for years leading to the finality of the war, we suffered as much as the victims of the war in this book.

No one wins in a war.

So that being said, I feel like Kuang had attempted her best to convey the complexities of a war, how it seems that losing is all that anyone can get.

What I enjoyed the most are the complexities of the characters in this book. In terms of writing style, I feel that this is much more simple than her newer books, which I understand because this book is her debut novel. But I found the writing to be engaging and flowing and hold my curiosity and attention all the way to the end.

Now, onto the next book.