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Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

16 reviews

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit, Infidelity, and Chronic illness

Minor: Death, Abortion, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

christine_s's review

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

jaynovara's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, and Drug use

Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Outing, Infidelity, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Biphobia

sholcomb's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.25

I loved the characters in this book, and the writing style had me captivated, but unfortunately it was just too rushed. The timeline was confusing sometimes and I couldn’t tell what had happened to get us to the point we were at, not enough was explained. Also sometimes there was too much focus on things that were never brought up again, rather than the actual friendship of Jane and Fiona. I would’ve loved if there was more time with them together, dealing with things, and more about their friendship as a whole, as well as more explanations of certain plot points. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Outing, Drug use, and Death of parent

maregred's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Outing

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, War, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Drug use, Cursing, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

sydneybedell's review

emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Outing, Racism, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Cancer, Alcohol, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

krys_kilz's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I loved reading a book dedicated to platonic love and friendship. As one reviewer put it, it felt "subtly subversive" within a dominant culture steeped in romantic love. The ebbs and flows of Fiona and Jane's friendship as they moved apart, grew increasingly distant and changed resonated deeply with my own experiences with long-term friendships. The unspeakable grief of losing the closeness and proximity you had as children and teenagers and the unbearable loneliness of being left behind. The raw emotion captured between these pages broke my heart and healed it simultaneously.

I also thought the story lines unpacking Jane and Fiona's relationships with their parents were really strong. Fiona as her mother's "own heart, walking outside her body" and Jane trying to save Julian in an attempt to save her father - the complexity and messiness were translated beautifully.

My favorite stories in the collection were: Cold Turkey, Clairvoyance, and the title story Fiona and Jane.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Drug use, and Fatphobia

bandysbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.0

This is a reflection of two girls, their friendships, relationships, and struggles. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and War

joana's review

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Physical abuse, Abortion, and Toxic relationship

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Grief, Drug use, Infidelity, Outing, Xenophobia, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Classism, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Racism