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Jade City by Fonda Lee

44 reviews

carla20's review against another edition

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

I’m not the biggest fantasy reader, but this was amazing. The world building was so vivid and easy to digest, it never felt info-dumpy. I’m very much looking forward to the rest of the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, Blood, Drug abuse, Addiction, Gun violence, Violence, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, and Self harm

heather667's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Body horror, Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, War, Addiction, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Drug use, Sexism, Death of parent, Dementia, Sexual assault, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Murder, and Body shaming

Minor: Homophobia

unboxedjack'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexism, Self harm, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Racism

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gore, Alcoholism, Body horror, Classism, Dementia, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cursing and Mental illness

tpasta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Murder, War, Violence, Gun violence, Self harm, and Kidnapping

jg93's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Self harm, and Death

bearystarry's review

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

cardanrry's review

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

thenovelmaura'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"Screw you, Hilo. I can kill my ex-boyfriends myself." I love a good out-of-context quote, and this is one of my favorites from a new favorite book. I'm so glad this was chosen as our #ViolentQueensBookClub pick for May, even though I'm shamefully late in reviewing it!

Jade City is a beautiful array of contradictions that defies genre categorization. The description makes this book sound like a sprawling epic fantasy, and while it has plenty of epic elements, it's also an urban fantasy unlike any I've read before. Despite its large cast of characters and constant political intrigue, it's simultaneously an intimate look at the Kaul family and all the complexities that come with growing up as leaders of a crime syndicate—heavy responsibility, competitive relationships, privilege and corruption. The primary antagonist of the rival clan is so well-developed and captivatingly cunning that I can easily imagine the book being told from her perspective instead (and I'd be totally fine with that).

I will say that it took me about 100 pages to wrap my head around the world that Lee has so elegantly designed, but after that I was completely hooked. Everything I learned about the magic, the system of government, the history of Kekon, and the characters' relationships made me want to learn more. There's so much more story to be told here and Jade War is going to be making its way onto my shelves very soon. I have no idea why I waited so long to read this book, but I won't make the same mistake with the rest of the trilogy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Addiction and Self harm

ripxw's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent