While the setting is unique, it touches upon modern day issues- and how it all ties back to the interconnectivity of the worldbuilding. Modern Day parallels to nationalism, racism, corporatism, etc.
Sometimes, the deaths seem senseless (grrr, I'm looking at you, Leigh Bardugo, in the Grishaverse, in what were my favorite reads of 2021!) but the impact of those losses on other characters is part of their growth, and has significant development toward the plot.Ĥ. You never know if your favorite character is going to survive even the most innocuous scenes, so you're always on edge. They're so textured and real, so that despite some moral greyness, you can't help but to care about them.īecause Lee kills off beloved main characters, it amps up the tension. Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, 1) Hardcover Novemby Fonda Lee (Author) 5,871 ratings Book 1 of 3: The Green Bone Saga Editors' pick Best Science Fiction & Fantasy See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 26.72 Other new, used and collectible from 15. Genetics, international relations, international business, clan culture, etc. To me, interconnectivity and continuity are two of the most important aspects of worldbuilding, the aspects that make a fictional world feel real and live in. It was a satisfying, bittersweet ending for a series that gave me all the feels- I read Jade City back in 2018, but binged the last two from the last week of December. Yesterday, I finished Jade Legacy, Book 3 of Fonda Lee's Greenbone Saga.
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