okay the work day is over so i can properly give a little rant about this and how many negative reviews about the poppy war come from a place of ignorance and internal bias.

yes, you are entitled to not like a book because you didn't like the characters/writing style/pacing 1/4 https://twitter.com/tammie_reads/status/1301200753915244546

however, that's often not the case when people talk about TPW in particular. i often hear people say things like "it was unrealistic" or "well the author should have been more explicit about the parallels to history, i didn't know it was historical fantasy" 2/4

news flash, it is not an author of colour's job to educate you on your ignorance. if you want to go into a book not knowing the context, that's on you. google is free. also, if you knew even the SLIGHTEST bit of chinese history you would know that the references in TPW were 3/4

incredibly explicit. nobody ever complains about white fantasies and how the historical references are not accurate, or explicit enough. everyone knows that the death eaters are a parallel for nazis, and it didn't need to be spelled out on the page. think about why that is. 4/4

i am angry today and in a terrible mood so might delete this later who knows.