Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

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

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

This final book in the Green Bone Saga is quite the feather in the cap. It takes place across multiple decades, showing our characters age and come into their fates, making choices that put them at odds with each other, showing long time plans come to fruition and falter. I particularly like how this final instalment shows the begrudging respect between rival clan members and how military industrial complex and international governments impact Kekon. I can’t recommend this series enough 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

This is a fantasy infused gang families rivalry epic. There is Jade withdrawal and overexposure in this fantasy series that’s depicted very much like drug detoxification. There is abundant violence with varying motivations and levels which include varying levels of abuse. Various societal prejudices also exist at points in the decades depicted across this final novel. I’m sure I probably forgot some things but be aware there are extreme swings regarding content. Be aware, that’s all.

booksthatburn's review against another edition

The stress of my own TBI is still too recent for me to be okay reading about one right now. I will try this again later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Torture, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

cardanrry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia

pantaruja's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Murder

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

ofbooksandechos's review

challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Sexism, and War

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