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4.39 AVERAGE
4.39 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
tense
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:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
I feel like a lot happened, but also not that much. It also feels like the story is still trying to find its footing, it's not completely grounded yet.
Otherwise, even though I love political intrigues set in ancient times, I sometimes have a hard time with all the people and their names. It was a little easier here than in other danmei series of the same style I've read before, but still hard enough for me to be confused at times, confusion that never really gets resolved but I still can follow the overall story fine.
I also have a harder time to grasp what kind of character Shen Zechuan is, compared to Xiao Chiye. He's more transparent to the reader, to be fair, even though he cultivates a false image in the story. Maybe the mysterious aspect of the story, behind the motivation of Shen Zechuan actions, is a bit too mysterious in the first volume for me to understand the basic of his intent. Other than maybe revenge for people who were harmful to him after the whole sinkhole thing, but you get hints here and there there's something more behind it.
I'm motivated to continue reading, but I'll try to keep it at 2 volumes and drop it if it doesn't improve, because no way I'm reading ~7 books of a so-so series.
Otherwise, even though I love political intrigues set in ancient times, I sometimes have a hard time with all the people and their names. It was a little easier here than in other danmei series of the same style I've read before, but still hard enough for me to be confused at times, confusion that never really gets resolved but I still can follow the overall story fine.
I also have a harder time to grasp what kind of character Shen Zechuan is, compared to Xiao Chiye. He's more transparent to the reader, to be fair, even though he cultivates a false image in the story. Maybe the mysterious aspect of the story, behind the motivation of Shen Zechuan actions, is a bit too mysterious in the first volume for me to understand the basic of his intent. Other than maybe revenge for people who were harmful to him after the whole sinkhole thing, but you get hints here and there there's something more behind it.
I'm motivated to continue reading, but I'll try to keep it at 2 volumes and drop it if it doesn't improve, because no way I'm reading ~7 books of a so-so series.
‘dont fall in love with your enemy’ too late pookie!
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okay team you can find my full review here teehee:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6372654733
edit
okay team you can find my full review here teehee:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6372654733
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Oh shen zechuan i was not familiar with your game.. Did I understand anything that was going on? Well no
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"You seem like you've done nothing" Xiao Chiye said "Yet I feel like you've done everything"
This was a great book to get back into reading after long without even opening a page, part of it because of the fact that I already had read most of it before, but hadn't finished it.
At the start and even halfway through the book I was more invested in the plot of the story, and didn't care that much for the characters, but as the story progressed I became progressively more involved with our 2 main characters.