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A review by olivyre
Jade City by Fonda Lee
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
4.5
Spoilers!
I love the world that this is set in - a combination of fantasy and gangster/mafia with guns but also hand to hand combat.
It’s very well written and I can tell this is going to be a great series. It’s right up my street.
The only thing is I wish there were some more women - I know Fonda Lee said the lack is for realism but at the same time I feel like we need a break from that specific part of realism especially since fantasy books don’t have a huge focus on realism anyway. Maybe its just the books I’ve read but lots of epic fantasies with dark themes have mysteriously no women. There’re 4 named in this whole book and there are a lot of characters let me tell you.
But that is legitimately my only criticism, I cannot wait for the next book. I love the characters and I hope they don’t all die :)
‘’Expectations are a funny thing,’ Wen said. ‘When you’re born with them, you resent them, fight against them. When you’ve never been given any, you feel the lack of them your whole life.’’
I love the world that this is set in - a combination of fantasy and gangster/mafia with guns but also hand to hand combat.
It’s very well written and I can tell this is going to be a great series. It’s right up my street.
The only thing is I wish there were some more women - I know Fonda Lee said the lack is for realism but at the same time I feel like we need a break from that specific part of realism especially since fantasy books don’t have a huge focus on realism anyway. Maybe its just the books I’ve read but lots of epic fantasies with dark themes have mysteriously no women. There’re 4 named in this whole book and there are a lot of characters let me tell you.
But that is legitimately my only criticism, I cannot wait for the next book. I love the characters and I hope they don’t all die :)
‘’Expectations are a funny thing,’ Wen said. ‘When you’re born with them, you resent them, fight against them. When you’ve never been given any, you feel the lack of them your whole life.’’