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Jade City by Fonda Lee

132 reviews

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm extremely emotionally attached to all of the main characters and am a little terrified to read the next two books, not gonna lie. I think the characterizations and descriptions are so well done... ugh. I love it.

I cried multiple times at Lan's death and how people mourned him afterward as well. Oof. Honestly stunning emotional writing in that sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Drug use, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Mental illness, Murder, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Gun violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Fatphobia, and Ableism

moonlitreading_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“On my honor, my life, and my jade.”

I had high expectations for Jade City before reading it because I have read nothing but praise, and let me tell you it did not disappoint!!! Jade City exceeded my expectations and I'm glad I picked it up.

The story was so good and it's more than just the rivalry of the No Peak Clan and the Mountain Clan. Relationships between family members and clan members was one of the focuses of Jade City so it was interesting to see when the two mixed together.

The fight scenes were a hundred percent perfection. I was gripping my book every time a fight scene came up. They were so tense that they had me flinching and gasping. The fight scenes were like I was watching anime or something.

The characters, I can't even begin to describe how attached I am to them. Lan, Shae, Hilo, Anden, Wen, Kehn, and Tar are all members of the No Peak Clan and are the protagonists of the story. Most of them had their own POV and it made the book better because they're all complex characters. If I had to pick favorites I would choose Hilo.

There's very little romance here (which is not a complaint btw) but Wen and Hilo's small moments were so beautiful and sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

sealreads's review

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I found the first half VERY slow. It gets better towards the end. Don't see myself reading the others in the series though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

ender24's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

Pretty good! Loved the characters, the plot was a tad slow to me but that’s probably from reading much faster books recently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Murder, and War

leanne_miron's review

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual harassment and Pedophilia

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, War, Sexual content, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Addiction, Grief, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, and Xenophobia

james2021'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Violence

cardanrry's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, War, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Sexual content, and Self harm

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Addiction, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Dementia, and Animal death

Minor: Homophobia, Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Suicide

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Torture, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Addiction, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Gun violence, and Xenophobia