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After being in the library queue since February I had a moment of impatience and bought this one; $2.99 on the Kindle is hard to resist. The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang, book was a Nebula finalist and Kuang is up for the Campbell. This is a big impressive debut (and the first book of a trilogy, so I don't think we can even say yet what all Kuang might be doing here once the whole story is told). I'm going to talk about it more behind a cut but I want to put a content note out here for heavy war-atrocity violence (mass murder, mass rape, mutilation, genocide), and please feel free to ask questions about specifics if you're trying to figure out whether you want to read this one.
Spoilers behind cut. ( Read more... )
I'll do the Campbell in its own post for spoiler avoidance.
Spoilers behind cut. ( Read more... )
I'll do the Campbell in its own post for spoiler avoidance.
