I’ve seen reviews saying this is anti-feminist.

I mean, this girl decides to get rid of her uterus in order to stay focused on her studies. Once Rin gets to Sinegard, she is intimidated by how all of the other students seem better than her. As someone who is super dedicated to school, I loved seeing a smart character who was very motivated (especially a brown skinned, Asian coded character). She uses hot wax to keep herself awake and stays up for hours and days to memorize what she needs to know to for the test she needs to get into Sinegard Academy, the empire’s top military academy.Īnd she is the only student from her province accepted because she scores the highest. From the very start, we see a girl (she is 16 at the beginning) who is willing to do anything to achieve her ends. I loved how Rin dedicated herself to her studies in the beginning. At the beginning of TPW, Rin is just trying to get out of her province and away from the abusive people who take care of her. Also, TW for mentions of: genocide, death, murder, torture, abusive people, and violence. Please do not read on if you have not read both books. This character analyzation of Rin from TPW and The Dragon Republic will include massive spoilers for both books. I spent a good half hour writing this, so that was a lot of fun. The worldbuilding and plot are amazingly done, and the characters are well fleshed out, ruthless, killers. Kuang is one of my favorite fantasy novels and series of all time. Repost because I re-started my blog! The Poppy War by R.F.

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