![]() ![]() ![]() This shocks everyone and instead of celebrating it, she is accused of cheating. Her guardians try to marry her off so she decides to take the test to get into the elite military school and not only passes it, she gets the highest score in her province. The Poppy War follows Rin, an orphan from a poor southern province of Nikara. The Poppy War Trilogy tackles the trauma of colonialism, war, famine, sexual assault and racism. I am not familiar with Chinese history but I definitely recognized the parallels from 20th century China and the Japanese occupation of some areas of the country and the attempted colonization from Western Nations. I was intrigued that it was a fantasy that was based on East Asian history. It was like the one book that people on Booktok seemed to all agree was a must read. ![]() I’ll be honest, I’m not sure I truly understood what I was getting into when I started this last month. ![]()
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