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The Poppy War (Rebecca F. Kaung) In-Depth Book Discussion
Marisa Serafini (@serafinitv) and I are book lovers and we've decided to do a monthly in-depth book discussion. Our first book is The Poppy War and next month we'll be chatting about The Invisible Woman by Erica Robuck. The Poppy War is a 2018 novel by R. F. Kuang. It's a grimdark fantasy that draws its plot and politics from mid-20th-century China, with the conflict in the novel based on the Second Sino-Japanese War, and an atmosphere inspired by the Song dynasty. The novel centers on a poor orphan, Rin, who trains in secret to test into the elite Sinegard Academy. Kuang said Rin's life is…
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