Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

8 reviews

sarah984's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I loved the first two books in this series, but this one unfortunately disappointed me. The massive time skips made it feel like reading a summary a lot of the time, and the book's length felt unnecessary - a lot of things happened that didn't really seem to be that important and a lot of time was wasted restating the themes in case we missed them. A lot of the characters I liked in the earlier books (especially Shae and Wen) felt diminished, relegated into uninteresting roles and this book seemed way more invested in upholding the clan structure and nuclear family as solely positive forces than the previous books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Trafficking, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

whorriorr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Abortion

mari_the_cryptic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have no words that aren't spoilers 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Deportation

bookish_afrolatina's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I can’t believe I finally finished this trilogy. It’s one that will definitely sit with me for a long time because I love books that make the reader question what it means to be a good or bad person. For about a week, I’ve lived inside this book and felt a roller coaster of emotions. The Kaul’s and all of the characters in these books are extremely flawed but Lee portrayed each person with such complexities, individuality, and empathy that I felt connected to them. I desperately want to see this trilogy as a film series or streaming show.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Death of parent

3arth2kaye's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexism and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

doodeedoda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, and Dementia

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Abortion, and Alcohol

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Abortion

bookiecharm's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Suicide, Blood, and Abortion