{"id":4097,"date":"2018-08-31T11:29:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T05:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2022-03-30T21:34:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T16:04:56","slug":"the-poppy-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/the-poppy-war\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Reasons why The Poppy War is the Best Fantasy of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<em>The Poppy War<\/em> is a gory and violent military fantasy set in early 20<sup>th<\/sup> century China. Fang Runin (Rin), is a war orphan raised in Nikara by her relatives who are opium smugglers. To escape an arranged marriage and life of drudgery, she prepares for the Keju examination which grants admission to Nikara\u2019s leading military and combat academy, Sinegard. Amidst privileged and rich students, Rin fights to fit in and learns about shamans, gods, power and the inevitable war that might kill them all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>1.The world<\/h3>\n<p>How much better can a fantastical world get? Picture this \u2013 China, military academy, opium, gods who can be called through ingesting drugs, shamans, empires, political hierarchies, war and a heroine who is struggling to clear her way in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>2.It is real<\/h3>\n<p><em>The Poppy War<\/em> opened my eyes to historical events I knew nothing about. The book is based on the 1937 Rape of Nanjing and the second Sino-Japanese war (1937-1945). The book is brutal but knowing these events happened in the real world is simply terrifying. Many Japanese historians deny that the Nanjing massacre happened, even to this day. The republic of Mugen that wages war on Nikara, closely resembles the Japanese empire.<\/p>\n<p>The human experimentation unit in the book is based on Unit 731. It was officially known as the Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department of the Kwantung Army and officially adopted the name \u2018Unit 731\u2019 in 1941. Under the command of General Shiro (<em>remember the name<\/em>), lethal experiments were conducted on captives (mostly Chinese) which included injecting inmates with diseases, mutilation, forcing inmates to stay under extreme weather conditions (frost bite testing) and amputation and attachment of limbs to opposite sides of body to study blood flow among the many different horrors. The researchers of the unit have even published papers mentioning experimental humans as &#8216;monkeys&#8217; and &#8216;primates&#8217; in esteemed journals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>3.The writing<\/h3>\n<p>The writing was brilliant and polished enough to make you doubt if this is a debut novel. I loved the character building, moderate pacing and the equal importance to scenes and dialogues. The approach to see war and violence through the eyes of a fantastical world was very interesting. It is a heart breaking and remarkable method to process the trauma that happened in the real world. (Read R. F. Kuang\u2019s post on <span style=\"color: #999999;\">why she chose to write the way she did.<\/span> Another interesting piece from the author is <span style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/how-to-talk-to-ghosts\/\">How to Talk to Ghosts<\/a><\/span> in Uncanny magazine)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>4.Chinese mythology + Lots to google<\/h3>\n<p>I am not well versed in Chinese mythology, so I might have missed out many references in the novel. There was so much to google after I finished the book, both mythological and historical. For example, \u2018Nezha\u2019, one of the characters has the name of a protection deity in Chinese folklore. (Also Nezha has references to Hindu mythology and is seen as possessing traits of the son of Kubera and Krishna). The name Nezha fits the character! Irrelevant to this review, but ever since I googled about Chinese mythology, I have a deep urge to read <em>Journey to the West<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>PS: All these are Wikipedia and fandom trivia, so please verify them yourselves for a deeper understanding.<\/em><br \/>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2MGaW71&#038;text=%23ThePoppyWar%20is%20just%20brilliant%20-%20amazing%20world%20building%20in%2020th%20century%20China.%20In%20this%20bloody%2C%20military%20fantasy%2C%20we%20see%20historical%20events%20through%20the%20shroud%20of%20fantasy%20which%20makes%20it%20heart%20breaking.%20ALL%20THE%20FIVE%20STARS.&#038;via=thebooksatchel&#038;related=thebooksatchel' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ThePoppyWar is just brilliant - amazing world building in 20th century China. In this bloody, military fantasy, we see historical events through the shroud of fantasy which makes it heart breaking. ALL THE FIVE STARS. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2MGaW71&#038;text=%23ThePoppyWar%20is%20just%20brilliant%20-%20amazing%20world%20building%20in%2020th%20century%20China.%20In%20this%20bloody%2C%20military%20fantasy%2C%20we%20see%20historical%20events%20through%20the%20shroud%20of%20fantasy%20which%20makes%20it%20heart%20breaking.%20ALL%20THE%20FIVE%20STARS.&#038;via=thebooksatchel&#038;related=thebooksatchel' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Final Verdict<\/h3>\n<p>If you are in a mood for a dark and bloody fantasy novel based on historical events with threads of Chinese mythology, grab a copy of <em>The Poppy War<\/em> as soon as you can. I am not kidding when I say <em>The Poppy War<\/em> is the BEST fantasy read of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Trigger warning<\/em> : The Poppy war is NOT a YA novel. There are instances of violence, self abuse, suicide, rape, drug abuse, mutilation, genocide and human experimentation. I personally dislike brutality in books but I was comfortable (as a reader) reading <em>The Poppy war<\/em>. However, Chapter 21 has a lot of trigger warnings especially violence towards women and I skipped a page or so.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Title : The Poppy war<br \/>\nAuthor : R. F. Kuang<br \/>\nPublisher\u00a0: Harper Voyager<br \/>\nPublication: 2018<br \/>\nLanguage :\u00a0English<br \/>\nPages : 544<br \/>\nRating : 5\/5<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Disclaimer : Much thanks to Harper fiction for a copy of the book. 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