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Jade City by Fonda Lee

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jg34's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I have never heard anyone say a bad word about this series so I went in with high expectations. I was certainly impressed by the complex world the author created, but I fear I’m more of a character girlie than a plot girlie. I sort of feel neutral about everyone, which did make a certain
death
easier to handle tbh but I’d like to learn more! Gimme more emotions, more back story, more internal conflict!!

That being said the story was great, not as mind-blowing as I thought it would be but definitely a respectable 4/5 ⭐️ and I will be continuing on with the series!

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fedoratheexplora's review against another edition

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

4.25


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evaroy's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

Very overhyped.

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kornwaiisms's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

5 stars for jade city !!!!!!!!! sorry im still recovering-

—i am obsessed with hilo. apologies. i know i should dislike him rn but i can't. he's a bitch and i want to beat him up but he's my bitch and i would do it in a sibling way. also, he's hot. i want him. i can take him. goodbye.

—shae is amazing i want more of her i want to see her thrive!!!! the potential!!!! she has so much to give!!

—lan i would do anything for you!!! I'm so sad
he died
but also that writing choice was phenomenal lowkey. or highkey. I'm obsessed with it. what would have happened
had he not died?
would things be worse or not? (well, maybe worse in a different way, because
hilo and shae running the clan will quite possibly be the end of it fr fjkdkdj
)

—anden!!! he's such a specific type of character and he grew to become another type of character? it makes so much sense. i want to see what he does next asap.

—wen my beloved, she was incredible. i need more of her urgently. i loved the maik brothers too. 

—drum roll,,,,, the sibling dynamics killed me. lan, hilo, shae, anden, all their separate combinations and all of them together (ouch) was literally everything i needed. im a sucker for complex sibling relationships and in this story?? im eating it up. that's it.

—bero was annoying. then he was despicable. but he has something, i can't deny it. 

:'))))))) ✌️👍✍️ i loved this book!! on to the next!!! read it if you like asian big cities with enemy clans fighting with martial arts, knives, guns, magical stones, politics, COMPLEX SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS, little romance, fully fleshed characters, lots of intrigue and suspense <33

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minxtte's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5


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mads_reads_books's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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


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unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious 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

4.5

I enjoyed this modern fantasy take on gangster warfare. Lee has built an interesting post-war Asian world complete with territory disputes, magic and foreign powers interfering. Layers and layers of betrayal and plot twists. The audiobook is excellent, too!!

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skillyillian's review against another edition

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It's.. I'm so bored. It reads like Stephen King. Could partially be bc the narrator is a man, but I'm just? I don't care for the gang/mafia angle as much as I thought I would? I've heard SO many good things about this, it's highly rated, but I just can't get into it. I got 26% in and just didn't care about any of the characters. It's a mix between a complex mafia/family history and a literal history textbook and I'm just not vibing with it.

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pri_lakshmi's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75


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skatie8's review against another edition

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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

4.5


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