1.5k reviews for:

The Phoenix Crown

Janie Chang, Kate Quinn

3.84 AVERAGE

lynnpersists's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark informative inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

wordly_adventures's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

irie28's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

holmfridurhp's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

rubywildecreative's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gmbs's review against another edition

3.5

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This was a nice read, bit flowery maybe

romonko's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative 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

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This was an excellent book. Combining the talents of two great authors was a master stroke. I’ve always loved Kate Quinn and Janie Chang is marvellous in her own right. The book covers the time of the catastrophic SanFrancisco earthquake in April of 1906. Gemma is an aspiring soprano opera singer. Nellie is an up and coming artist. Su-Ling is a talented young seamstress who lives in Chinatown. Alice Eastman is a 60-something notable scientist. All live in San Francisco at the time of the earthquake, and the four are literally thrown together in attempt to put a stop to a rich San Francisco financier who will stop at nothing while he’s building his fortune. The scenes of the earthquake in the book are breathtaking and the way it affected so many lives is clearly outlined. These four women all were badly damaged by this man and they join together to track him all over the world in order to bring him to justice. It’s a real page-turner of a book and I never wanted to stop listening. The book is about real people and real events of this horrific catastrophe. Highly recommend.

ameliawstrange's review against another edition

3.0

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a slow start with a satisfying end

sonacederquist's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Kate Quinn's historical fiction books are always solid.  I enjoyed the San Francisco setting of this one.

gloriatom's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced