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Jade War by Fonda Lee

28 reviews

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

When I first started this series I really knew nothing going in except kung-fu inspired jade magic and mafioso type families (based on a talk I saw Fonda at). About halfway through this second book in the series I realized that (at least so far) these books are really a mastery of political intrigue and strategy. Honestly, now I am marveling at how much Fonda must have researched and understood about the way power-struggles often work in relation to a global chess board. The continued character development (especially of Hilo) throughout the course of this book is fantastically done. I am SO intrigued (and a bit scared for my own well being) to see how the final third book will pan out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, and Police brutality

Rape (off page, in non descriptive detail) Animal cruelty - like book 1 a lot of derogatory language involving animals, cock-fighting (not extremely explicit) and 'testing' magic on mice.

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and War

karina_dreamsinwords's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m blown away with how much I love this series so far! Fonda Lee’s writing is so fluid and engrossing that the subtle time jumps throughout the story is effortless. 

The political intrigue is so compelling that you cannot help being sucked into the world. I cried a few times throughout this one but what’s new. Plus the spicy scenes? Never saw this one in particular coming but damn 🔥

I’m nervous, scared and excited for the last book in this series because I know it’s going to break me in some way. I feel so attached to these characters & I feel something big is on the horizon. 

Take care of my babies Miss Fonda. Please 🥹🥲

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia

jessiereads98's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

While this one doesn’t hit quite as hard for me as Jade City did, it’s close. If I could give this like a 4.85 or 4.90 it would be more accurate. Fonda Lee continues and expands her masterful world building here by interweaving international cultures and politics with that of Kekon. The crafting of politics and international relations here is truly an impressive feat. Unfortunately with the new politics, settings, and characters we end up losing some time with Kekon and the Kauls. The time jumping around and pacing in this book just felt messier and more inconsistent to me than the first book. The pacing doesn’t seem to pick up to where it was in the first book until the last 150-200 pages when the separate threads laid out throughout the story start to come together. Overall a strong follow up to Jade City but does seem to suffer somewhat from the second book syndrome of largely setting things up for the third book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

sarah984's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

It's pretty rare to find a sequel - especially part 2 in a trilogy - that's as good as the original, but Jade War surpassed all of my expectations. It's got a broader scope this time: many scenes take place in other countries and the Kauls are contending with foreign militaries, expat communities and trade agreements on top of the clan war situation and general family drama. It was easy to romanticize what was going on in Jade City, but Jade War draws back that curtain a bit to show the darker side. The characters are fantastic and unfortunately all of their terrible decisions are absolutely consistent with what you'd expect them to do. I can't wait to read the third book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

le_mur's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

kaseybereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

Fonda Lee understands what makes a good sequel. I was very curious to see how this installment would raise the stakes and keep the story flowing, and my expectations were absolutely exceeded! Jade War expands the world, with a heavier focus on the international relations and conflicts affecting Kekon, hinted at in the last installment. It also takes its characters in challenging and creative new directions, allowing them to grow in their roles and increasing the scope of what is possible within the story. I initially picked up this series because of the glowing praise for the final installment, and with this one being so well done, I’m even more excited to read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

felix_blomfelt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy