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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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kal1namal1na's review against another edition

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

5.0

Each of these books got better and better, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about the Kaul family legacy since I read it. Instead of taking place over a couple of months or years, this last book spans over a decade, but carefully attends to what's changed over that time. In particular, the underlying theme of what needs to be kept to maintain one's culture and what's worth leaving behind without forgetting oneself resonated deeply, as we saw the Kauls struggling with this at home and with diasporic groups fighting assimilation abroad.
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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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luciedelomez's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? N/A

5.0

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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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cbrigs99's review against another edition

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

5.0

The absolute whiplash I have from this series is devastating in the best possible way. This was a stellar conclusion to the Green Bone Saga, and I think it’ll take me awhile to truly process its effects and implications. I am blown away by the intricacies and multitude of plot points Lee maintained through this epic saga and this final 700+ page beast of a story. I wasn’t sure how to feel about the time jumps initially, but I quickly grew to love the way it showed character development with everybody within the Kaul family. I adored the final evolution of each character, and there were so many times I was left crying, laughing, or hanging on the edge of my seat. This book felt like three in one between all that happened in the beginning to the end of the twenty seven year war between The Mountain and No Peak. This saga and characters have my heart in a way I didn’t expect them to, and I am speechless by the masterful ending of this series. For anybody who likes political fantasy and the textbook for morally gray characters, this is the series for you. Jade Legacy may very well go on the list of my favorite books of all time. Bravo, Fonda Lee, bravo. 
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bearystarry'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? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

An incredibly emotional ending to the Green Bone Saga... I loved it. I feel like I've heard that people didn't like the ending to this, but I really felt a sense of peace with everyone. I did cry, but what else is new with this series. (Said entirely with love.) I wish I could live in Janloon forever, honestly.
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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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