Our Violent Ends by Chloe GongMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
"without the monster, there is no madness. without the madness, he goes out of business."
These Violent Delights
"nothing was ever as simple as 'my people' or 'your people...'"
Our Violent Ends
Early this year, These Violent Delights became another one of those books that I wish I could've actually read in its debut year, and now the series comes to another duology conclusion for the YA list. Although it's a bit of a stretch to call this one YA since the protagonists, Roma and Juliette, would be in college if they were in a modern-day setting. But no, Chloe Gong wraps up their side of the story in this exploration of an alternate 1920s Shanghai, steeped in real-life historical upheaval but with a few salient details adjusted for artistic license as needed. And I feel like Gong took a bit of inspiration from R.F. Kuang's ending of The Burning God too, because the story keeps the action going to the very, very bitter and tragic end...and let's be real, she pulls a bit of inspiration from another very infamous YA series finale, which I won't reveal here. But given the very source material inspiration, it shouldn't be hard to figure out...and hell, the door's still open to further exploration of this alternate Shanghai. Who knows?
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