M. Jones’s Reviews > The Poppy War > Status Update

Crept fowards a bit more on this. Nezha and Altan generic male stereotypes...

Hmmm. The pacing went awry at the end of part 1, part 2 should have been a separate book, Rin only wants to get high but without - so far - any hints of addiction; not prissy about the drug angle, just... feels like she's in fresher mode, and some of the language makes me cringe: not a fan of 'thee' and 'thou' - we're all moderns in our age - but the phrase "Sans Chaghan" (i.e. without Chaghan) is just bad.

OK, so this is Hogwarts in Imperial China (even down to the accent in Sinegard having a very Beijing-like 'r' added at the end of words) but despite the very basic worldbuilding, it's great so far.