Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan

24 reviews

716a_m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Child abuse

Minor: War

jackiie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, War, Abandonment, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Vomit and Child abuse

sammy_nor's review against another edition

adventurous dark

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

annorabrady's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

I liked the story when told from Ahn's POV but I felt like having Altan's POV was unnecessary and rarely added to the story. In many cases, I feel like his POV detracted from the story because it gives the reader too many answers before they've been earned. His character is good, don't get me wrong, just not one I think that should share in the narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Classism, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

risten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Torture, Genocide, Body horror, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Medical content, Blood, and War

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Torture, Suicide, and Confinement

thecasualbooknerd's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

The story is exquisitely crafted—I felt really connected with the characters and immersed in the setting, so much so that when I put the book down after I finished, it was jarring to come back to reality. Also, the pacing was great. Nothing felt rushed but it was still a page turner (I read it in less than 48hrs). Would def recommend and read again—this book has the potential to become my new comfort book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and War

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Torture, and Vomit

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous 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

I enjoyed reading this book. The descriptions were so vivid and beautiful and the main cast of characters are so likable. Story-wise, the pacing was set up very well. It contained a lot of time jumps which worked well with this set up. However, character-wise, I feel like the set up stunted the growth you get to see between characters. I think you see this especially with Altan and Ahn’s relationship because they have the chemistry and the tension, and they’re so dumb (in a good way), and you get glimpses of how they slowly start to care for each other, but a lot of it takes place in between time jumps and I really wish I got to see more of their relationship instead. I liked what I read, but I know it had the potential to make me love it so much more.

I also felt like this had the potential to be an epic novel, and along with all the other things it had the potential for, it could’ve easily been done with a much longer length. I know Jade Fire Gold is an homage to xianxia novels, but I think making it only 400~ pages does it a huge disservice because it truly could’ve been extraordinary — so much more rich, captivating, and epic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Violence, War, Death, Grief, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

rhm04's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Blood, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

woolgathering_jane's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

“You may not be able to change the past, but with each action, you can change the future.” 

I had high hopes, and I was left disappointed...kind of? It's a pretty average fantasy (always fun), and I liked the inspiration from Asian myths and how the relationship between the characters unfolded. The relationships (not just the main one, that one felt a little flat) were the most fun part of the book. The ending was perfect until there was an unexplained plot point that made everything too good and sweet in my opinion.

I still don't understand why did Ahn survive? Not only from the logical view but also from a storytelling perspective. I was so ready to cry my heart out over her sacrifice but then she was just??? Fine??? lol

Overall it's a nice fantasy, nothing less, not much more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Confinement and Blood

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, and War