Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Jade City by Fonda Lee

65 reviews

bookishjd's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, Violence, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Homophobia, and Gun violence

totallyshelfaware's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Easily a new favourite. Bold, unexpected writing choices, interesting character dynamics, love how grounded the world-building was. You’ve got this magic system that doesn’t conveniently solve all problems (and even goes so far as to cause major ones). Love that the conflict had constraints (impact on commerce, foreign relations, etc.) and it wasn’t just this glorified clan war. Can't wait to see how this escalates in the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Drug abuse and Suicide

victorianrogue's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, and Stalking

patch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The characters and the tight, complex and very personal plot are what makes this novel so fantastic. I suffered with Hilo, Lan and Shae on every step of the way (while shouting at their decisions every other page). Their problems and inner struggles felt so, so real and devastating.

4 stars simply because I personally don't connect to politics in fiction all that well and struggled at times to stay focused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

citymouse's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Self harm, Death, Drug abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content