Jade War

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With that going on in the background there is also the issue of all the nations wanting Jade – a powerful stone that gives the holder phenomenal powers – in some capacity which has led to a black market for the sought after gems. Fonda is as a three-time winner of the Aurora Award (Canada’s national science fiction and fantasy award), and a multiple finalist for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the Oregon Book Award. The dialogues, when there are, are shallow, always circling around the same matters and with little regards to how the people talking feel.

Indeed, her characters are no exception; the characters in Jade City, in particular the Kaul family, are some of the most realised and thoughtfully developed characters I have ever had the pleasure to read.

Fonda Lee is the World Fantasy Award-winning author of the epic Green Bone Saga, beginning with Jade City and continuing in Jade War and Jade Legacy.

Knowing that Shae might lose this battle, Hilo had a plan to take out everybody involved by dirtying his blade, something that is deeply forbidden within this duels but Shae does not agree with this. I had thought I would not like it but the scope of imagination and the unerring consistency were bewitching.Every single one of these characters is convincingly portrayed, through their thoughts, emotions and actions. Lee is the award-winning author of the YA science fiction novels Zeroboxer and Exo ; Jade City is her adult debut.

And I can see how skilfully the author creates a reader's emotional investment in my own reaction to Anden, who I genuinely adore. However, Jade War is more than just fighting with blades and jade-powered abilities; Jade War is about the machinations of wars played behind closed doors: manipulation, politics, leverage, bribery, allying with enemies, character assassinations (and actual assassinations), and proxy wars mobilised by rich and major powers. I especially admire her character work in Jade War, which has a number of heartbreaking scenes that will stay with me for a very long time. These are mostly when dealing with scenes of family closeness and the romantic relationships that a couple of characters have. I enjoyed the explorations of how people of diaspora find and maintain pieces of their heritage as a process of cultural preservation of their identities and forming communities, whilst also adopting behaviours and ways of life typical in their new home which may be alienating and othering from the perspective of someone who has never had to straddle two cultures.Sheehan noted the continued The Godfather references, saying that "If The Godfather never was, Jade War (and Jade City) would be how we define generational organized crime stories today" to acclaim Lee's work. But here is what makes Jade War a brilliant book (and exemplifies why this series is fantastic): even if you disagree with the characters and their thoughts and their motivations and their choices, you will understand why they do it. But not only do we become familiar with its geography and their roles and affect on Kekon, readers will also get an idea of how their cultures and values differ. Sixteen months have passed since the violent and tragic events of Jade City and the No Peak Clan are far from safe.