Soppie’s Reviews > The Poppy War > Status Update

”Men are selfish and petty,” (…) “Their life spans are so short that they give no thought to the future of the land.

I have never thought about our short life spans being a driver for history repeating itself and shortsightedness. Damn, that’s so fckn obvious

this book has very seriously fucked up my sleep rhythm because i normally read in bed before i go to sleep, but this book is sickeningly real in its depiction of war that i don’t want to read it right before sleeping and now i stare at my phone again 😩

What does it matter? They’re coming, and we’re staying, and at the end of the day whoever is alive is the side that wins. War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who remains.

RF Kuang is sooo good at writing enjoyable fantasy books that are not simple escapism, but deep analyses of the complexities of (class/race/gender) war