The Poppy War ~ Breakdown!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2023
- Let's breakdown The Poppy War!
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Poppy war is the most brutal thing I’ve read by far. I don’t know if I would ever dare to read something that dark again, but god did I love that trilogy. I wasn’t prepared but I was glued to every scene. It encouraged me to diversify my fantasy reading. And I may or may have not stumbled into a reread of the dragon republic 2 days ago so this video’s timing was great.
I feel like "inspired by real-world history" is quite generous for The Poppy War. It's mostly "basically actually real-world history with some different names and a few magic people squished in"
Out of everything I have read, I'd actually consider The Poppy War to be the trilogy that got me into reading fantasy. And one of the scenes near the end of The Burning God still might be my favorite scene in fiction, period. Such a wonderful series and it genuinely deserves the praise it gets and more.
After reading the Poppy War, I had to DNF the rest of the trilogy. It just wasnt for me. I was super disappointed. I completely bought the series because of the gorgeous cover art, and it was a sad day when I decided to sell them all. I tried Babel thinking it would be different, but I felt exactly the same and DNF'd it after 100 pages. It's just me, but I just do not enjoy her writing style I guess.
As a massive history nerd I was super impressed by how well she depicted in a fantasy way the events of the Sino Japanese War and also addressing the Western Colonialism. I was also unaware about the Yellow River Flood until reading about the Four Gorges Dam in the book, and figured it must have also been used in real life.
The one thing that really bothered me about the books was actually the covers. In the story, it is incredibly important that the main character Rin is dark skinned. So why on earth does the cover art show her being pale??
I read the first book like… meh. The second book like… huh. And the third book.. ouch. BUT when I finished the trilogy I looked back and realized I was hooked and bamboozled from book one. Great trilogy. She’s quite talented. Subversive and brutal.
I ended up DNFing the first book right BEFORE chapter 21 and after hearing what happens in that chapter I think I made the right choice. I loved the writing style and everything, but it was just a little too dark and disturbing for me.
What i love about it especially the first book is the tone shift. I went blind into it and enjoyed the ya elements but what made me really appreciate it was realizing that these teenagers who study in a military academy are completely unprepared for a real war. I also love Rin
Altan you deserved better. Should've been the main character.
I love how light hearted and whimsical this series is, it’s like being wrapped in a wool blanket on a cold day. Truly a healing experience for all who read it.
Just want to say Daniel that the quality of recent videos this year has been fantastic, the editing and prep put into them is brilliant 🤙
I absolutely love The Poppy War series, so thank you for making a breakdown video for it!
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I'm glad you brought up RF Kuang's improvements as an author as the series went on. I almost didn't finish Book 1 because I was so frustrated at the execution of the cool ideas and world. Glad I stuck with it though, Book 2 was a huge jump in quality. The Poppy Wars became one of my favorite series and Babel is high on my list of favorite individual books.
I was just reading Babel and loving it, already considered this series, your timing is perfect!
The first book has been sitting in my to read pile for a while now. Looking forward to finally getting around to it
Just want to let you know I love these (new?) little effects that you use between shots. Fun, but in line with the tone of the video and also subtle enough. Great job (also love the video's content and I will definitely go read this series now!)
I remember listening to the trilogy during the summer of ‘21, and I really loved it. The final shot/description from