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Jaded by Ela Lee
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
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๐๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐จ๐บ๐ฏ๐บ โข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ โข ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ
๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ 19 ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ 2024
This book hit home for me on many levels b/c of the parallels to my own life. ๐ญ๐ฅบ
It read so much like a memoir that I had to make sure it was fictional. Ceyda (goes by Jade) Kada is a first-generation London-based daughter of immigrants. By all measures a success story: sheโs smart, independent, ethnically half Turkish (dadโs side) and half Korean (mumโs side), a high powered lawyer embodying the โwork hard, play hardโ motto after graduating from a top tier Uni.
Uni is where she met Kit, with whom sheโs been in a long-term committed relationship the last 7 years. He comes from old money, the generational wealth side of the tracks, but he loves her for her independence, brains, and because sheโs different. Climbing the metaphorical corporate ladder, allโs going well until a drunken evening at a company party gone wrong.
Through flashbacks and memories unsealing, this was a fast read that covered some deep and important topics. Belonging. Glass ceilings and double standards for women and underrepresented groups. Diversity and Equity for show. System racism and micro-aggressions. Immigrant persecution and cultural differences. Shame and blame. Classism. And of course food. And also, unconditional love and besties who build each other up.
Jadeโs dad reminded me so much of mine. Usually happy go lucky, unassuming. He who always believed in me. And my mom, who shows her love through food and acts of service more than words. Iโm the only daughter of biracial immigrant parents. Jadeโs story is my story. ๐ซถ๐ฝ
Please check trigger warnings: Rape, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual Assault
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ @SimonBooks ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ #๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ!
๐๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐จ๐บ๐ฏ๐บ โข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ โข ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ
๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ 19 ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ 2024
This book hit home for me on many levels b/c of the parallels to my own life. ๐ญ๐ฅบ
It read so much like a memoir that I had to make sure it was fictional. Ceyda (goes by Jade) Kada is a first-generation London-based daughter of immigrants. By all measures a success story: sheโs smart, independent, ethnically half Turkish (dadโs side) and half Korean (mumโs side), a high powered lawyer embodying the โwork hard, play hardโ motto after graduating from a top tier Uni.
Uni is where she met Kit, with whom sheโs been in a long-term committed relationship the last 7 years. He comes from old money, the generational wealth side of the tracks, but he loves her for her independence, brains, and because sheโs different. Climbing the metaphorical corporate ladder, allโs going well until a drunken evening at a company party gone wrong.
Through flashbacks and memories unsealing, this was a fast read that covered some deep and important topics. Belonging. Glass ceilings and double standards for women and underrepresented groups. Diversity and Equity for show. System racism and micro-aggressions. Immigrant persecution and cultural differences. Shame and blame. Classism. And of course food. And also, unconditional love and besties who build each other up.
Jadeโs dad reminded me so much of mine. Usually happy go lucky, unassuming. He who always believed in me. And my mom, who shows her love through food and acts of service more than words. Iโm the only daughter of biracial immigrant parents. Jadeโs story is my story. ๐ซถ๐ฝ
Please check trigger warnings: Rape, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual Assault
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ @SimonBooks ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ #๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, and Classism