4.04 AVERAGE

ronophica's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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bbib's review

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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thatqueengabby's review

5.0
adventurous challenging lighthearted medium-paced

i love changgeng and gu yun they're both the bitchiest bitches

bbpphd's review

4.0
adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aly_5959's review

4.0

Depating whether to continue reading the next books not a fan of the "godfather" being the ml...

aarnireads's review


dnf at page 123. I am just so bored. There are so many better ways to write your worldbuilding rather than shove it all into a reader's face. I also tend to care more about character-driven danmei and this one seemed to focus way too much on which tribe did what and who betrayed who, instead of, you know, making me care about the main character.

The somewhat taboo nature of the future romance would have been interesting if I gave a single fuck about either of them lmao.
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nekoneko_'s review

3.0

Idk but this one kinda fell flat for me

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callie_books's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Steampunk ancient China??? Yes please. This is a super complex political plot, but I'm really enjoying it so far and Priest clearly put a TON of effort into this story. The scene with Chang Geng bringing his iron puppet over to Gu Yun's courtyard at the crack of dawn with a lantern and some food just so he could spend some time with his Yifu before he left for the day got me. So adorable. 
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heartley's review

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

Just aggressively fatphobic and transphobic right out the gate.
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velocitygirl14's review

5.0
adventurous funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated