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Jade City by Fonda Lee

modalmle's review

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dark 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? Yes

3.5

lorelrea's review against another edition

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4.5

Oh my god, why did it take me so long to read this????? It's like watching an action movie but with fantasy and fantastic characters!!! I'm picking the next book up immediately.

roninil's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • 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

fran_fran_'s review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

owlslibrary's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

5.0

THIS WAS THE WILDEST BOOK EVER OMG

rumpunchhh's review

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4.0

Legitimately the coolest book I think I’ve read, which simultaneously made me feel very bad about myself. Also we stan an epic fantasy not just set in AU medieval Europe with all white people chock full of morally grey but super hot mafiosos that can snap my neck with their bare hands

muzashi79's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

nutmeginnz's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

reyreads's review against another edition

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4.0

I think this book is supremely deserving of all the love it gets! It is artful and extremely well written: the world building is exceptional, the political intrigue tense, the characters unique. I think it occasionally suffers from a certain heaviness that drowns out otherwise stellar aspects. It was quite dense at some points and as a reader, would have much preferred the efforts toward extensive exposition and perspective shifts to be directed to closer character focus. I think Anden is the absolute standout and wish he had more chapters, I felt that he was the character that took me into that world. Near the end, I felt the closeness to Shae and Hilo that I was hoping for throughout, and mourn the fact that it hadn’t come sooner. I don’t think I enjoyed it as much as I expected to, but I also am acknowledging that it’s the first book in a trilogy and I’ll likely love the next two a lot more!

lvrsmoon's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.5