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A review by jenbsbooks
Jade City by Fonda Lee
slow-paced
3.0
This has high ratings ... but I struggled with it. It had an interesting world set-up, but getting to know all the characters, and then to care about them, it just wasn't happening for me. I almost DNFed, just because it wasn't something I was anxious to get back to. I even stopped and went to another book before coming back and pushing through to finish. Maybe at another time, I would have enjoyed it more?
3rd person/past tense - multiple POVs. In the audio, we had a single male narrator. He was good, but at times, his voice reminded me of the generic (AI?) voice on reels. There is a map in the text copy (I had Kindle from the library). 57 chapters, with chapter headings ... "First Interlude" began before chapter 18, then there was a second/third interlude (each with multiple chapters) and an epilogue.
I think I followed the story okay, although it was a little tough with the different names, the jade. I couldn't quite tell if it was a complete fantasy world, because some of it seemed very "earth" like (with televisions, airports, etc). The characters/the story ... it just didn't make a huge impact on me.
Interesting to have listened to the audio, then look at the text, and realize I'd been "spelling" the names in my head very differently (based on the pronunciation). I wonder how I would have "pronounced" the names had I read it, instead of going with the audio.
ProFanity (x43) and a couple sex scenes.
Not really one I'd recommend personally - I'm not planning on continuing on with the series.
3rd person/past tense - multiple POVs. In the audio, we had a single male narrator. He was good, but at times, his voice reminded me of the generic (AI?) voice on reels. There is a map in the text copy (I had Kindle from the library). 57 chapters, with chapter headings ... "First Interlude" began before chapter 18, then there was a second/third interlude (each with multiple chapters) and an epilogue.
I think I followed the story okay, although it was a little tough with the different names, the jade. I couldn't quite tell if it was a complete fantasy world, because some of it seemed very "earth" like (with televisions, airports, etc). The characters/the story ... it just didn't make a huge impact on me.
Interesting to have listened to the audio, then look at the text, and realize I'd been "spelling" the names in my head very differently (based on the pronunciation). I wonder how I would have "pronounced" the names had I read it, instead of going with the audio.
ProFanity (x43) and a couple sex scenes.
Not really one I'd recommend personally - I'm not planning on continuing on with the series.