996 reviews for:

Von Jade und Drachen

Amber Chen

3.66 AVERAGE

mandyreadsthings's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

nickyb3po's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kindlabra's review against another edition

3.75

challenging mysterious tense slow-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

oceanisbetterthenu's review against another edition

3.75

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

lil_kitty_bit's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

celastine's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

mrsthornburgh's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

leonor88's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kc_reads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

starlitlullaby's review against another edition

4.0

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initial reaction:
- hate or love the characters, this is a damned good story
- ending is bit rushed but who cares, see first point
- yeyang carried the beginning, yekan carried at the end. everyone else other than ying has little to no personality but who cares, see first point
- love the world-building, the steampunkness of it all
- has better incorporated murder mystery than ADADT; in fact Chen actually tries to keep it relevant throughout
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Spoiler

I DESPERATELY NEED A YING CORRUPTION ARC, DESPERATELY.

- favourite western-published asian fantasy of the year for me, probably