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The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Started: 23 July 2020
Finished: 17 August 2020

That’s right! I am attempting to read two books at once. Between the World and Me in the morning (though I’ve been bad this week) and The Poppy War whenever I feel like it. As I type this, I’m ~70 pages into Poppy War and I’m liking it so far. It has an academy setting, which gives it instant brownie points.

A few weeks later, and we’re finished. What I think I like most about this book was its mix of the traditional and non-traditional. It started with tropes many fantasy readers engage easily with: underdog making her way to the top, mentor-apprentice arc, academy setting, and then just when I felt I knew where the book was going, it forged its own path. As the first of a series it did a good job at giving us a complete story, while setting the stage for where the series will go. I liked it enough to give the rest of the series a try, though, with 20+ books on my TBR currently, it’ll likely be awhile until I pick up book two.


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