thesebookdelights 's review for:

Shanghai Immortal by A.Y. Chao

3.0

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I went into this book with high expectations, I've been seeing glowing reviews non-stop. For me, this book fell flat. The FMC fell a bit flat, seemed quite immature. The book didn't read like a an adult book whatsoever. It felt more YA. I also didn't like the use of the slur "imbecile" whilst yes, this comment was made by a hateful group in the book, it's not really corrected in the book or shown that it's wrong whereas another slur that is used at various points throughout the book, something is down about that. These are the sole reasons I rated this 3 stars. That being said, I did quite like the world. It was a fairly enjoyable read. I got through it quite quick. I would recommend this book if you're interested in vampires, but don't go into the book thinking it's purely about vampires, because its not, which was quite refreshing.