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Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

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jiie's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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

Part of the reason i read this book is bc i had a library hold come in and i needed to finish this so i could read the hold before it expired. I now have three library books. It’s been a few days since i finished jade legacy.

Fonda lee how am i supposed to move on from this what the hell
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elenikin's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

Wow, what a ride! This series continued to get better with every book! Really well written and thorough world building. I loved the ending and I loved following the characters over their journey. I appreciated that this book had little time stamps to help keep track of the passage of time, which the other books did not. Overall, so good! Glad that I kept with the series after the 1st book, which was my lease fave of the trilogy.
OMG Ru and Hilo both had me shocked and teary eyed with their deaths *cue tears*. The take down of Wyles that led to the take down of Ayt Mada and ultimately the Mountain Clan was just so well written. *Chefs kiss*. The ending was just so well wrapped up and satisfying.
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fedoratheexplora's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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sarah984's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I loved the first two books in this series, but this one unfortunately disappointed me. The massive time skips made it feel like reading a summary a lot of the time, and the book's length felt unnecessary - a lot of things happened that didn't really seem to be that important and a lot of time was wasted restating the themes in case we missed them. A lot of the characters I liked in the earlier books (especially Shae and Wen) felt diminished, relegated into uninteresting roles and this book seemed way more invested in upholding the clan structure and nuclear family as solely positive forces than the previous books.
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theganewt's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I think this book was an excellent end to the Greenbone saga, I was so incredibly invested in the characters and their relationships.
I nearly teared up at some of the deaths in this book, not just because of the loss of that character but for the effect it had on the other characters.
I think the one thing that detracted for me was the way timing worked in this book; rather than one linear story there were many time jumps throughout the story. At the beginning it was a bit confusing, but by the end it made sense and I enjoyed seeing how characters lives played out over the years (so not a real minus).  Would recommend this series to anyone who likes fantasy and mob/family dynamics!
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rheagoveas's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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iloponis's review against another edition

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4.5

that was beautifully devastating 
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capgambit's review against another edition

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The first 2 books were ok. 3-4 stars. By the time I got to the third book I found that I just stopped caring about ANY of the characters. The kaul family is just as bad as the ayt family. They just aren't good people. I am curious enough that I will look around for play-by-play spoilers but it just feels like rehashing the other books. Why can't the Kaul family have a "good" family member that isn't blood thirsty. At the beginning of the series I had hopes for Shae because she was smart enough to remove herself from a toxic family but she came right back with little hesitation. I could rant on and on but I know I am very much in the minority so rant over.
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xghoulia's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

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alicelalicon's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-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

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