Reviews - Others Were Emeralds

168 reviews for:

Others Were Emeralds

Lang Leav

3.88 AVERAGE

hitmonsam's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

daveyk's review

2.5

reflective medium-paced

onisharahman's review against another edition

4.75

reflective sad slow-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

honestlysean's review against another edition

4.0

challenging 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: No

sevenrenny's review against another edition

4.0

reflective sad medium-paced

jvk14's review against another edition

2.0

Maybe I wasn't the target audience for this book which might've actually be 12-14, but I found the writing to be almost immature. I felt like there was a lot lacking here, and a lot of the plot felt haphazard. For example, I felt that Sying's character should / could have been more gray, but she felt very black and white. Sying = villain and not much more to that. I also felt like the novel spent way too much time trying to convey the suspicions Ai had about Brigitte but didn't dive into her grief at all.

I did appreciate learning more about the sentiment of White Australians towards Asian immigrants during this time which I had never read about or interacted with before.