13.6k reviews for:

Jade City

Fonda Lee

4.13 AVERAGE

faizastra's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional 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: Yes

oversea_radio's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Very daunting series, but while I was trudging through the Way of Kings, this felt like a smoother read with more compelling characters.

Had to skip ahead and skim-read at the 50% mark and almost got bored/DNFed at the 80% mark but maybe that’s just me and my concentration.

I liked Anden and Shae, but the other characters were just meh? It felt like all these characters should have much more complex relationships besides their families and clans but they were just so isolated with limited human connection amongst the other side-characters. The author had so much potential to expand the intricate human dynamics but only focused on political intrigue and the battles.

emiek11's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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

arkhiny's review against another edition

3.0

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Loved the world building, can nott day the same about the characters.

sarah_eqs's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5⭐️

hannahsloan's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

mugiwara_jh's review against another edition

4.0

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: Complicated

nicoleychi's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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There is something about family conflicts and politics in books that keeps me hooked! I enjoyed exploring the thought process of our POV characters, seeing their values and morals within the world that they live in. The overall feeling that this generation of the Kauls is not at its peak was effectively shadowed throughout the book as we read. 

The women of this book, which we do not have a lot of, were some of my favorite parts of the story (Anden too). I hope we see more of Wen in the second book, especially since we established her role in this conflict towards the second half of the book.

anatzn's review against another edition

4.5

challenging tense fast-paced

jereminion's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No