Abby’s Reviews > The Poppy War > Status Update

I’m halfway through, and it’s still not hooking me. I loved Babel, so I wanted to read this but I feel like it’s in the same trope I’ve read so many times. A girl who isn’t special, but then she is surprisingly unique in some way, and there is some type of war going on. It’s just not hooking me like I thought it would after reading Babel