Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Jade City by Fonda Lee

105 reviews

maryjames's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault

doodeedoda's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Alcohol

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Colonisation

bookswhitme's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

kinomatica's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Kidnapping, Abortion, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Colonisation

Minor: Alcohol

zoeelizabethk's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I went into Jade City with tempered expectations because of all the hype around this book, but I'm so glad to say that I loved it! I'm discovering that I love family saga dynamics in my books, and it was so well done in this book. I really appreciated the focus on family and loyalty, and it made for really interesting characters and choices. I loved that no character felt too predictable, they felt very real with well developed arcs and motivations. I thought the worldbuilding was really well done, and I loved the magic; although I kept forgetting this was "modern" until I read about TV and skyscrapers. Jade City definitely is adult and gritty, but it doesn't feel hopeless or like it's glorifying violence, it's just the environment of this clan family. I also really appreciated that the stakes felt high. I don't want to say much here, but partway through the book you realize that anything could happen and that really paid off when it came to the ending of the book. I don't normally binge series, but I found myself pausing my current kindle read so I could listen AND read to Jade City, and I'm really wanting to pick up Jade War like right now. 

Some possible cons for some people: 
- if you are highly character driven, you might not always have quite enough connection with the characters. Not to say that the characters are bad or poorly written at all, but the main characters are not necessarily the most lovable. 
- Jade City is somewhat slow paced. It never bothered me and I thought it had a good balance of action, but the book doesn't quite ramp up until maybe halfway through.
- there's a decent bit of "telling" in terms of worldbuilding. And there are sometimes flashback-type sequences to flesh out world or character development. It did not bother me and didn't feel excessive, but I know some people really hate this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, Blood, Grief

Minor: Infidelity, Kidnapping

an_idiot's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, War

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood

Minor: Grief

horizonous's review against another edition

3.25

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Suicide

◦ Death (minor) = Parent
◦ Death (moderate) = Sibling
◦ Terminal illness = Dementia

romiress's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Did I like it? I don't know. That's a complicated question. I think, fundamentally, this book was just not for me - it never quite landed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Self harm, Sexism, Dementia, Death of parent

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

4.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: War