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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
on hold bc i just noticed the translation is complete so i’m gonna read TA first
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Heard a lot of good things about this book and was immensely disappointed. Will come back and write a full review later cuz there was A LOT of gripes I had with the way the author presented things.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore
Moderate: Ableism, Racism
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Classism
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The first half of the book is exceptional! I really don’t know what happened during the second half…
The storyline is very intriguing with all the various mysteries that the main characters have to solve. Also, I loved the main duo’s relationship development and dynamics. They really annoyed the hell out of each other until they fell in love.
However, as the story progresses, it seemed like the author lost the main objective of the plot by adding too many plot twists that I personally found distracting and not at all relevant to the main storyline. That’s why I found it very hard to finish as I lost the interest I had at the beginning.
Personally, I believe the author’s best work is still Thousand Autumns as the ending was way better developed.
SQ going bald was very unserious actually. Just so out of character I hardly finished the book because it was making me mad.
The storyline is very intriguing with all the various mysteries that the main characters have to solve. Also, I loved the main duo’s relationship development and dynamics. They really annoyed the hell out of each other until they fell in love.
However, as the story progresses, it seemed like the author lost the main objective of the plot by adding too many plot twists that I personally found distracting and not at all relevant to the main storyline. That’s why I found it very hard to finish as I lost the interest I had at the beginning.
Personally, I believe the author’s best work is still Thousand Autumns as the ending was way better developed.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
stayed up till 2am to read this on multiple nights....this is enemies/rivals to lovers done right
i'm too lazy to write a proper review. scattered thoughts: this was such a fun ride -- lots of good tropey stuff and it is more 'genre-y' than [b:千秋 Qian Qiu |50169322|千秋 Qian Qiu |Meng Xi Shi (梦溪石)|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1567557176l/50169322._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73534980], which seemed very experimental and read more like a character study (i loved it though).
just a note that there is the usual portrayal of non-Han Chinese ethnic groups as barbarians and savages skilled in dark magic, poison, curses...
this author also really likes politics and it was hard to keep track of and stay interested with the many side characters that appeared in the last arc. one of the villains was brought in really late (felt a bit abrupt -- lack of build-up) and i felt that the last bit would have been stronger if she had been incorporated into the story more frequently.
anyway, this was so fun!
just a note that there is the usual portrayal of non-Han Chinese ethnic groups as barbarians and savages skilled in dark magic, poison, curses...
this author also really likes politics and it was hard to keep track of and stay interested with the many side characters that appeared in the last arc. one of the villains was brought in really late (felt a bit abrupt -- lack of build-up) and i felt that the last bit would have been stronger if she had been incorporated into the story more frequently.
anyway, this was so fun!