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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
3.5.
o instalove da mei yee e do dai é horrível, os dois n tem química nenhuma. mas o livro valeu apena pela jin ling que é de longe a personagem mais carismática
o instalove da mei yee e do dai é horrível, os dois n tem química nenhuma. mas o livro valeu apena pela jin ling que é de longe a personagem mais carismática
adventurous
dark
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Fast paced, kept me interested, had good characters. I think they were well written for a relatively short book. Also glad that we got updates on Chma through the whole book! Super interesting that the walled city was based on a real place!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Blood
Moderate: Sexual assault
This is actually a really good read. I found the story quite captivating and I liked learning about how things unfolded. I also enjoyed go to the twist here and there. My only complaint, is that the story seemed to drag on a little bit from time to time
Phew! What a ride! I read this book much faster than I thought I would. I just kept turning and turning and turning those pages. This is a dark, gritty, thrilling read with just enough hope and goodness to have you rooting for these characters. I found myself desperate to read chapter after chapter to find out what happens to Jin, Mei Yee, and Dai.
But can you imagine 33,000 people living in 6 acres? Frightening. Graudin did an amazing job establishing the filthy, cramped, desperate environment. And she did a good job of handling the issue of human trafficking in a delicate but real way.
Jin, Mei Yee, and Dai are forced into many extreme situations, and it was so great to see the fight to keep their humanity in a inhuman place. I love books that keep the light of hope alive in that dark place, when all other lights have gone out. (LotR reference!) It's such a good thing to promote.
But can you imagine 33,000 people living in 6 acres? Frightening. Graudin did an amazing job establishing the filthy, cramped, desperate environment. And she did a good job of handling the issue of human trafficking in a delicate but real way.
Jin, Mei Yee, and Dai are forced into many extreme situations, and it was so great to see the fight to keep their humanity in a inhuman place. I love books that keep the light of hope alive in that dark place, when all other lights have gone out. (LotR reference!) It's such a good thing to promote.
Quick, easy YA read. It was entertaining but nothing special. I was kind of surprised at the sexual themes given the target age(forced prostitution is a huge part of the book) but it was well done, central to the plot and not graphic. You are definitely rooting for the main characters in this book. Moves quickly.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
tense
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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
No
Title: The Walled City
Author: Ryan Graudin
Rating: 4 Stars.
Okay, this book was hard to rate. I really liked the 3 separate stories.
Dai's story was confusing at first, i wasn't sure where he was gonna go towards the end. Then his past is revealed and it wasn't what i thought the author was trying to hint at during the earlier parts of the book. Overall, he was a good character :]
Jin's story was very good. Under cover as a boy to prevent being taken into a brothel, she is on a quest to find her sister who was sold by their father to a brothel! She has it really rough during the last part of the book, she's a very strong person.
Mei Yee is in a brothel, but because of a certain person that pays for her "vists" she only has to deal with that one man. I'm not sure i could do that but she seems to live the life she can.
I struggled for a bit in the middle of this book, but then some serious action started to go down and i finished it quickly.
The only issue i really had was that i was very confused on what time period this was supposed to be. They have cars but the brothel seem to only have lanterns.
Overall, a good book that opens up the world of the real Walled City.
Author: Ryan Graudin
Rating: 4 Stars.
Okay, this book was hard to rate. I really liked the 3 separate stories.
Dai's story was confusing at first, i wasn't sure where he was gonna go towards the end. Then his past is revealed and it wasn't what i thought the author was trying to hint at during the earlier parts of the book. Overall, he was a good character :]
Jin's story was very good. Under cover as a boy to prevent being taken into a brothel, she is on a quest to find her sister who was sold by their father to a brothel! She has it really rough during the last part of the book, she's a very strong person.
Mei Yee is in a brothel, but because of a certain person that pays for her "vists" she only has to deal with that one man. I'm not sure i could do that but she seems to live the life she can.
I struggled for a bit in the middle of this book, but then some serious action started to go down and i finished it quickly.
The only issue i really had was that i was very confused on what time period this was supposed to be. They have cars but the brothel seem to only have lanterns.
Overall, a good book that opens up the world of the real Walled City.
I got a copy of The Walled City from the library because I really liked Wolf by Wolf when I read it last month. I wanted to see if I’d like this too.
The Walled City is based on or inspired by an actual walled city in Korea that I’ve never heard of before reading this book. It sounds like it was a horrible place to live. Even the city from the book was horrible and it was fiction. I don’t want to think what the real city was like.
Jin Ling was such a brave girl to run away from home at a young age (I can’t remember how old any of the characters were) to save her sister. Jin is forced to live on the streets and fight every day to survive. But she refuses to give up until she finds her sister. I guess growing up with her father made Jin Ling tough at a young age.
Mei Yee was sold into a brothel and has witnessed some really horrible things. She was warned from the first day that there was no escape so she has resigned herself to her new life. Until she meets her window boy.
Then there’s Dai who has made some bad decisions and they landed him in the Walled City. He has a task to do and he only has so many days left to do it in.
The way their lives connect is kind of cheesy at first but it kind of made sense too. They all have a reason to be in the same brothel and like the saying goes, it’s a small world.
I liked The Walled City a lot. Especially because I learned about a place I’d never heard of before. I’ve liked both books that Ryan Graudin has written so far and I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.
The Walled City is based on or inspired by an actual walled city in Korea that I’ve never heard of before reading this book. It sounds like it was a horrible place to live. Even the city from the book was horrible and it was fiction. I don’t want to think what the real city was like.
Jin Ling was such a brave girl to run away from home at a young age (I can’t remember how old any of the characters were) to save her sister. Jin is forced to live on the streets and fight every day to survive. But she refuses to give up until she finds her sister. I guess growing up with her father made Jin Ling tough at a young age.
Mei Yee was sold into a brothel and has witnessed some really horrible things. She was warned from the first day that there was no escape so she has resigned herself to her new life. Until she meets her window boy.
Then there’s Dai who has made some bad decisions and they landed him in the Walled City. He has a task to do and he only has so many days left to do it in.
The way their lives connect is kind of cheesy at first but it kind of made sense too. They all have a reason to be in the same brothel and like the saying goes, it’s a small world.
I liked The Walled City a lot. Especially because I learned about a place I’d never heard of before. I’ve liked both books that Ryan Graudin has written so far and I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.
