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Jade War by Fonda Lee

ritabrush's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

3.75

alchaea's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

benchedforairbud's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

5.0

bubbly_lara's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was as good as Jade City. We follow the Kaul family even further in their efforts to secure No Peak's position in Kekon and are given much more POVs and insights than in the first book. Anden is now living abroad in Port Massy, Republic of Espenia, and we follow him and his endeavour to make a home for himself far away from the Green Bone culture, family and expectations he grew up in. There's so much happening at the same time while tensions are high and the stakes are as high as they can get. I cannot wait to see how the story concludes in Jade Legacy.

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tarmakworm's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional 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

awoodalla's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

tetiana's review against another edition

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5.0

Wow… I don’t remember the last time I got a book hangover this strong.

So expertly written, full of good action and wonderfully human moments, with characters who burrow into your very soul. It made me cry on, like, four different occasions, because I just care so much. (The moment I realized I actually, astonishingly, care about Bero? Priceless.)

What do I do with myself now? How do I wait for a whole month for the conclusion?!

Anyway, it’s fantastic, go read it if you’re into family sagas with vaguely mafia-esque settings.

booksandchisme's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

akemichan's review against another edition

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4.0

Una volta mi avevano consigliato un libro dicendo "il protagonista è la peggior persona vivente però vi verrà da fare il tifo per lui". Purtroppo il libro in questione era una merda, ragion per cui sono stata davvero contenta di beccare Hilo in questo perché porca miseria se Hilo in questo libro fa un paio di cose veramente tremende per cui vorrei chiuderlo al gabbio prima di subito e invece siamo qui a sperare che vinca la guerra (per altro sono abbastanza certa che se vedessimo anche i POV di Ayt Mada ci verrebbe da fare il tifo per lei, già dal poco che si vede è difficile avercela con lei, Fonda Lee invece ha preferito evitare il conflitto di interessi e va bene così).

Il libro ha lo stesso problema del precedente per quanto riguarda il ritmo, ma il finale mi è sembrato un po' meno deus ex-machina rispetto al precedente, anche perché non chiude davvero la situazione, ne chiude un pezzettino e con meno decisione.

La cosa che però mi è piaciuta di più (oltre all'aspetto politico) è stata l'ambientazione keko-espeniana in cui Anden si trova a vivere (vabbè che l'Espenia è 100% ispirata all'USA). Forse perché ho proprio di recente letto un libro sull'immigrazione orientale in America (in questo caso giapponese) e mi ci sono proprio ritrovata in tante delle cose che vengono dette e fatte. Potrebbe essere in tante cose un libro ucronico, questo.

goodcoffeeandbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

3.5