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The Poppy War

by R. F. Kuang

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2018
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R.F. Kuang's debut novel announced her as a writer to watch when it came out, and rereading The Poppy War now you can see why. The book starts in something close to a coming-of-age fantasy. Rin, an orphan from the south of the empire, tests into Sinegard, an elite military academy. The first third has a lot of academy beats that fans of Name of the Wind or The Magicians will recognize. Then the war starts, and the book shifts hard. Kuang draws explicitly on the Second Sino-Japanese War, including episodes like the Assault of Nanking, and the violence in the second half is meant to land like a punch. This is not comfortable fantasy. It's the first in a trilogy, and the later books pull no punches either. If you've read N.K. Jemisin or want grimdark with real historical weight, start here.

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R. F. Kuang

Rebecca F. Kuang is a Chinese-American writer of mostly fantasy novels, known for her 2022 novel Babel, or the Necessity of Violence, which was placed at the first spot on The New York Times Best Seller list and won the 2022 Nebula Award for Best Novel. She has also won or been shortlisted for many other awards.

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First published
2018
Reading time
About 12 hours
Pages
449
Language
English
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