A review by miyaosamu
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

i am nothing but an empty shell of a human wondering when will i ever recover from this pain?

lee is truly a master of her own setting the bar for the fantasy craft, and she excels incredibly as experiencing her work as reader going through this trilogy and finding myself in awe every time. i retract my jade war review statement of being emotionally drained from that sequel when jade legacy depleted me extremely more on multiple levels. following the journey of all these characters took up a huge place in my heart and now there is a void of pain especially with having to say farewell to the story of the clans in this wonderful world fonda created. i can't form all my thoughts articulately at the moment on this book completely as it is nearly 2:30 am and i just finished in a post series daze trying to process it all. expect of course more high stakes politics and much emotional whiplash as fonda lee knows how to hit at the right moments with this years spanning poignant yet compelling story of the kaul family of no peak. there was no way to mentally prepare for this finale at all, but that it was genuinely the best piece of literature i've ever read being a tremendous satisfyingly done conclusion.
fonda lee, prepare for the amount of therapy bills i'm sending your way.