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Welch grausames Ende by Chloe Gong

60 reviews

kindra_demi's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

 You want to know what I hate? I go into this book KNOWING it is a Romeo and Juliet retelling (I literally started the series when I was in the mood only for Romeo and Juliet retellings), BUT I STILL HOPE THEY END UP ALIVE AND TOGETHER AT THE END… AND ESPCIALLY WITH HOW BEAUTIFUL CHLOE GONG’S WRITING IS. I didn’t write a review for These Violent Delights (which shame on me), but the way Chloe Gong writes this duology is one of my favorite parts of the book. It reads like a play where there are times you’ll have the perspectives of the certain characters and other times it’s a narrator point of view. And it’s not set up so that it’s one chapter in totality is one person’s pov, but it’s not confusing when the pov jumps around. 

 

The way the characters are written also makes it so easy to get sucked into the entire storyline. You love characters. You hate characters. You will hate that you still love characters. 

 

As mentioned earlier, I went into the series last year already wanting to read a Romeo and Juliet retelling. Then book one felt like it was good. It wasn’t my favorite, but it was definitely an above average book. Our Violent Ends will definitely be a favorite of mine though and I cannot wait to see where Chloe takes her writing skills from here!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol

andromeda_1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

These violent delights was one of my favorite fairyloot books. It was different from the kinds of books I had read before and I gave it 5⭐️ Back then. I liked the book and after reading the second book I’m sure of one thing: I love this duology. 

Characters 
I really enjoyed reading about Juliette. She’s a strong female character that know what she wants. The thing I like the most about her is that she isn’t stripped of her femininity. She will save the world in dresses and she doesn’t need your opinion about that. She makes questionable choices but she is a morally gray character. It makes her believable. I liked Roma a bit less. He can be a bit whiny but he is still decent I guess. 

The story
The story is about Roma and Juliette, two gangster heirs in the streets of Shanghai. They have loved each other in the past but there relationship ended because of mutual betrayal. It’s a enemy to lovers, action packed, unique story with some darker plot twists. I’m not a big romance reader but I still enjoyed this book tremendously. The story is written with a medium/fast pacing and is really well thought out. The writer is able to take you with her on a journey through history (with a twist) in this Romeo and Juliette retelling. The ending was dramatic but it fits the setting. 

The worldbuilding 
The author has thought up an amazing world. Yes it’s older days Shanghai but it also has an unique flair to it. It’s an interesting read because of the world that is created. 

100% recommend this book for loves of romance, drama and gangsters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gun violence, Classism, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, War, Genocide, and Suicidal thoughts

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Homophobia, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

elmewhy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

~Review to come~

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gun violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, War, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

wet_towlette's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

I am never going to emotionally recover from this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Suicide

katsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

"...for however long our souls remain, mine will always find yours.”

“What was love if all it did was kill?”

“Nothing in this world is complicated, only misunderstood.”

I think this second novel surpassed the first one in terms of enjoyment. The connections to Romeo & Juliet are a little more noticeable in this novel. By the time I got about half way through and fully realized the ending to R & J and had to finish to figure out how it turned out in the end. I really appreciated how Juliette had so much more agency than the Juliet of Shakespeare's play. She was a total badass that got to call so many of the shots. I loved that change from the original. I also adored Marshall and Benedikt's story. I loved how secondary characters like Marshall, Benedikt, Celia and Rosalind had side stories that were developed so much more from the first book. There were definitely points when I cared more about their stories than the main love story between Roma and Juliette. That being said, I still really loved the love story. I love the enemies-to-lovers trope so this definitely delivered in that regard. And finally, as a history teacher, I loved the connection to real life events that occurred during the Chinese Civil War. They even name-dropped Chiang Kai-Shek! The author made a point in her author's note to note the pieces that weren't quite historically accurate (other than the fantastical elements, of course.) The political intrigue felt quite realistic for that reason. I really enjoyed all of the different factions. It felt messy and complex but it rang true. Ultimately, I really enjoyed this duology and would definitely recommend. I can't wait to see what Chloe Gong comes out with next.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death, Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

eddine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

beautiful! i loved this book😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicide attempt, and War

celines_schemes's review against another edition

2.25

I'm so disappointed with this book. It felt like a badly rehashed version of book 1 ☹️ But that's just my opinion!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Moderate: Colonisation

lynnrahm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

miss chole can push a clawed hand into your chest and rip out your heart.

end of story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, War, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, and Hate crime

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

(Spoiler review) oh my gosh. Once again horror and politics are SO not my vibe when I’m reading. BUT. There’s just something about Chloe Gongs writing that ensnared me. I HAD to know what happened and I HAD to know if Roma and Juliette ended up together! I still wish she had killed her parents, and as with a couple other things I’m not entirely sure what the ending meant so I feel… fulfilled but also not. It’s been a long time since I read something that left me with that feeling at the end of a book. I will be very intrigued to see what this author comes up with in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War