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A review by drakonreads
Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan
adventurous
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
3.75 stars
Pace: medium
- the book covers a long timeline (so seems a bit slow paced)
- the book covers the more significant scenes (so kinda on the quick pace side)
Characters:
- Ahn wants to save her grandmother
- Atlan wants revenge (though at times it feels like it could be fleshed out better. For example, exploring why revenge as a societal concept exists. Such as is it expected of sons so he wonders if he really wants revenge or if it's just something expected of him...I might be overthinking this)
- the characters are lovable but at times I feel a bit distant from them
- there's a character that dies and then we get a short flashback about him and it almost feels like it's to make us feel worse about his death. And it fails because I don't think we see that much of him to really care enough about his death. It might have worked if the flashback happened earlier in the book because we don't really see that much of Atlan's life from before his life in the desert.
*Just note on the diversity level. I meant for a Western audience, not in terms of the book. In terms of the book, the characters are not really diverse.
Also though it reminded me of Avatar the Last Airbender a bit, in some ways, it also oddly enough reminded me of Shadow and Bone.
Pace: medium
- the book covers a long timeline (so seems a bit slow paced)
- the book covers the more significant scenes (so kinda on the quick pace side)
Characters:
- Ahn wants to save her grandmother
- Atlan wants revenge (though at times it feels like it could be fleshed out better. For example, exploring why revenge as a societal concept exists. Such as is it expected of sons so he wonders if he really wants revenge or if it's just something expected of him...I might be overthinking this)
- the characters are lovable but at times I feel a bit distant from them
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*Just note on the diversity level. I meant for a Western audience, not in terms of the book. In terms of the book, the characters are not really diverse.
Also though it reminded me of Avatar the Last Airbender a bit, in some ways, it also oddly enough reminded me of Shadow and Bone.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Gore and Self harm