The Poppy War: A Novel (The Poppy War, 1)

This is one very powerful book.

On many levels: the world is detailed, the mythology is complex, the writing style is beautiful, the charactered are vivid. But the most powerful thing about this powerful book is the story - because this book is about war. Though, it's probably kind of obvious from the title, duh.

Having read 25%, I went to see who the author was. She appeared to be a 20 years old student, a Chinese native living in US. She wrote h...read more

I enjoyed the story, although at times it was too graphic for me.  I would definitetly recommend folks check trigger warnings.  Well worth the read, I will be reading the next one.

First half was pretty slow but it started to good after chapter 13 or so.

Shortly after finishing this book I heard the Alicia Keys song "Girl on Fire" and couldn't help but relate it to this book. That song by itself is a little too sweet, to sum up the entire book you would have to add Drowning Pool's "Bodies" to encompass the range of this book. For those who enjoyed this book I think they would also like [b:Red Sister|25895524|Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)|Mark Lawrence|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1481038440l/25895524._SY75_.jpg

This was intense, Kitay is my homie