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reviewed Jade City by Fonda Lee

Jade City (2017) 4 stars

"Stylish and action-packed, full of ambitious families and guilt-ridden loves, Jade City is an epic …

Not sad I read it, but I'll probably stop here.

4 stars

Overall this book felt very conventional to me. Not quite cliched, but following well trodden paths. Some of the characters have the potential to stretch the crime family framing, but they didn't really in this volume of the self described "saga".

I should confess that I would (and have) happily watch a TV show like this, but somehow my expectations for a book are a bit higher these days.