really loved this book! so glad i finally got round to it

@TheNerdyNarrative

4 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm glad you liked it! I need to get the second one and get to work on it. :)

UHM YOU ALREADY KNOW I NEED TO COME BACK HERE. Love you so much!

I'm glad to hear from your review that there is so much "story" there. Nearly all of the talk I've heard about this book up to this point is the real history aspects of it. I've been delaying delivering this from my library for a while now.

@TheNerdyNarrative

4 жыл бұрын

There are about 3 chunks that are just real history info dumps....and they're boring, I'll be honest. She didn't deliver the info seamlessly in her style of writing, so it's really striking when you get to those parts.

@QuestLegacy

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNerdyNarrative Oh interesting. I was curious how that would translate into her fictional world... it sounds like not very seamlessly lol

I have been halfway through this one for like 3 months. Great review.

Hahaha "were they just high?" That's a perspective I hadn't thought about, but that would certainly be interesting. This was a bit of a surprising hit for me - I can be kinda iffy with grimdark books, but this just worked so well. I'm excited for you to read the second one!

@TheNerdyNarrative

4 жыл бұрын

I may have to push The Dragon Republic to next month...I still have 5 books on the TBR this month that I haven't gotten to. I sort of haven't read in like 3 days....whoops! Surprised slump hit me.

@krakentoagoodbook

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNerdyNarrative Yeah, I feel like we're all kinda going in and out of slumps lately!

@TheNerdyNarrative

4 жыл бұрын

I think my brain just shut down because I'm so close to Peace Talks and it's all I can think about...

Thank you for this. Well done.

@TheNerdyNarrative

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I've actually been thinking about this series again recently to do a reread!

I read this with a group on Instagram when it first came out, and I was the only one who liked it. Lol. They all thought it was too violent. I plan on rereading it and reading the second book right before the final book comes out.

@TheNerdyNarrative

4 жыл бұрын

I need to get the second one! I actually didn't think I was going to like it, but then it just reached up and GRABBED me and I was in love. It is violent, but that's a realistic representation of war times, so while it was difficult to read, I understood why it was there.

Poppy war is a fantastic great read I loved it I’m going to reread it soon

@TheNerdyNarrative

4 жыл бұрын

Have you read the second one yet? I need to get that one and read it before the third one comes out in a few months.

@MoniqueChambers

4 жыл бұрын

The Nerdy Narrative yes I have and I loved it

Loved this book, cracking open book 2 soon. If you like books like this, check out the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. More sci-fi based but just as gripping

@TheNerdyNarrative

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, the second book is my favorite of the trilogy! RED RISING IS SO GOOD! I've already told my husband our next dog will be named Sevro, lol

This is on my TBR. Right now I am reading "True Evil" by Greg Iles and it is a wild ride from the getgo. I just finished "American Panda" by Gloria Chao and at age 44 I was a little hesitant to get into a teeny love story, but I gave it 5 stars. All the way. It was amazing. Yes, there was romance, but there was so much more. All the things I didn't know about Chinese traditions and how Chinese-American born people struggle to marry those two. It was a knockout. I wanted to tell you that "Wrath" came, I am still waiting on the other 3 books.

@TheNerdyNarrative

4 жыл бұрын

Is Greg Iles the author from Mississippi? I've heard really good things about him, so I need to check him out. You really have me curious about "American Panda" - I know you don't give 5 stars lightly and I don't mind if it has a little love in it, as long as there is still meat to the story. I'm adding that one to my list!! Yay, Wrath!!!! I still need to do my review on that one, it was so good!! I still think the second book was my absolute favorite, but Wrath was a very close second. 😊

@evelinehecklinger6257

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNerdyNarrative that American Panda book took me by surprise. It was great. I'm pretty sure he's from Mississippi and "True Evil" has me hooked for now. It's over 500 pages so a lot can happen.

This is like my 60 second stories a million times better!!!!

@TheNerdyNarrative

4 жыл бұрын

I always feel like I ramble...lol! Thank you so much for the kind words :)

I’ve been wanting to read this one for a while myself 😂

@TheNerdyNarrative

4 жыл бұрын

It was a delightful surprise and I've got the second one in my cart :)

I’m on chapter 10 and so confused, can you explain?

@TheNerdyNarrative

2 жыл бұрын

It's been a couple years since I've read it, so I need a bit more context to try and help

Chapter 21