bergha1998 's review for:

Jade City by Fonda Lee

3.0

adventurous dark 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

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I think this was another book I went into knowing too little about. I knew it was a mafia story set in Asia, and that was about it. I erroneously thought there would be more romance or more female characters, unfortunately I was wrong on both counts. Overall, I just found it to be very dry, and the expositions went on for ages. 

Fantasy/Historical, Mafia, 1 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content