Highlight 18: Jade City - Fonda Lee

This fortnight we’re discussing “Jade City” by Fonda Lee, the first book in the Green Bone Saga.

• TITLE: Jade City
• AUTHOR: Fonda Lee
• PUBLISHER: Orbit
• YEAR: 2017
• LENGTH: 560 pages
• AGE: Adult
• GENRE: Fantasy, War
• RECOMMENDED: Highly

Book TW for cursing, grief, sexual content (explicit), sexual abuse (brief mention), torture (brief mention), sexism, drug use, drug abuse, mental illness, self harm, body horror, massacre, excrement (brief), vomit, blood, violence (graphic), gun violence, torture, animal death (brief), major character death, death.

Topic 1: Sexual Abuse. Begins at (1:30), CW for sexual abuse (not described).

Topic 2: Parental death. Begins at (15:00), CW for addiction, parental death, death.

Topic 3: Addiction. Begins at (22:30), CW for addiction, gun violence, death.

Promo for CPOV SMC; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (32:50).

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