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翡翠城市 by Fonda Lee

70 reviews

bibliomania_express's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Torture, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Ableism, Grief, Drug abuse, Dementia, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Colonisation, Pedophilia, Classism, Homophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

sofiadanielle's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I feel conflicted about my thoughts on the book now that I’m done.. The pacing was both slow and fast at the same time (as in, exceptionally slow with the politics, but equally fast when there was actual action happening.) I have to confess that politics like this, pertaining to the clans, was not at all interesting to me. 

As other reviews have stated, the strong point of the book is character interaction; I just feel that it was unfortunately drowned out by political plot that felt like trudging through mud for me.

Last 100 pages were the best part of the book for me, but that also means the previous ~400 pages seemed like a blur, not too memorable and feeling like the plot there could’ve been condensed. 

I do think I’m interested in finding out what happened to the characters in the next two novels, but since this book took me so long to get through, I don’t think I’ll be continuing the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Drug use

bubbly_lara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was phenomenal! After starting it last year in summer and just not getting into the story, I picked this up again this year and good thing I did. This is very intriguing story about the island of Kekon, where Jade has been used by the Green Bones, an elite warrior people, to enhance their skills in ordee to protect the people from foreign rule. Two main clans emerged from a previous war and split the island between them. As tensions rise once more between the clans, we get to know the main players and uncover their plans and political intrigues. I'm super excited to continue the series see how everything unfolds. One last info: this is very adult in themes and plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Cursing, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug abuse

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

leanne_miron's review against another edition

adventurous 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

I didn’t mean to reread this in full, this quickly, right now; it wasn’t the plan; I don’t know how this happened. Just as addictive and compulsively readable as first read (and I’m a little concerned/ impressed at how closely my reading experience resembled my first read in how consumed I was, despite knowing everything that happens and without really picking up on deeper narratives, which I usually enjoy about rereads. I wasn’t shocked or surprised, yet I was somehow still as engrossed and on-edge). I really enjoyed reflecting on the distinct characterizations of the cast, but even that was mostly reinforcing what I tracked on first read. The obvious difference is the context of having definitive insight into their trajectories, having read the entire trilogy, but I think my thoughts and responses were still pretty congruent.

My main appreciation for this series as a whole, which I was able to digest more—while actually reading— upon reread, is how relevant the framing of perspective is to the narrative. The characters are so compelling (not to be mistaken with likable, heroic, or defendable), yet if this were another series, we could have easily been led by any of the other ‘antagonistic’ perspectives and feel just as compelled/ conflicted/ like their actions may be justifiable. It’s entirely plausible that I could have devoured this same plot framed as the story of an antihero—and that would have been the story of one of my most despised characters (a hatred which I can admit is probably more than a little irrational, seeing as it probably could be recontextualized without changing much about the character’s qualities. In this story, though, I legitimately had to brace myself every time we switched to that perspective). Even the aggravating development of protagonists felt motivated and human in their consistencies and inconsistencies. It’s hard to entirely love* or hate any character (*WITH ONE EXCEPTION. One beloved character). There’s a recurring motif of characters regarding each other with begrudging admiration, and I think that summarizes how I felt towards characters (cough, ****, cough) even in the midst of being appalled at certain actions. Really fascinating point for me to be so consumed by in a book that’s more plot-driven than what I typically gravitate toward. Characters are what make books for me, but I don’t need likable or lovable or even agreeable characters; I need interesting characters, and this series certainly delivers. 

I will now attempt* to resist the impulse to immediately dive into Jade War (*specifically not an oath).



(((Also, the fact that I not only felt compelled to try, but actually delivered on writing out my thoughts in some semblance of organization? Unprecedented.)))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual harassment, Dementia, and Pedophilia

unboxedjack's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexism, Self harm, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Racism

nicksalex's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Murder, Blood, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Dementia, and Drug use

jg93's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Self harm, and Death

linossidepiece's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War

cswindall's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Gun violence

jessiereads98's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An absolute masterpiece. Fonda Lee has crafted amazing characters in an incredible world. Truly the world building here is masterful. She weaves the narratives of characters together flawlessly, revealing important details or moments at the exact right time. The action scenes grab you and pull you to the edge of your seat. I can not wait to read the rest of this trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Dementia, Addiction, Drug use, and Gore

Minor: Physical abuse, Ableism, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Alcohol, Grief, Racism, Sexism, War, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders