Reviews - 美人剑 (The Beauty's Blade)

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美人剑 (The Beauty's Blade)

封刃作书

3.37 AVERAGE

aden's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

camomila_'s review

DID NOT FINISH: 4%

I don't know if it's the translation or the original text, but the book is not well written, grammatically speaking, and the writing is confusing too

maidinnah's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 19%

Could chalk it up to being translation issues and general unfamiliarity with the genre on my part. I only made it about 20% of the way through before DNF’ing, so entirely possible the novel stitched together a coherent plot. I found the main characters not all that compelling and their behavior ludicrous. The premise of a wuxia sapphic rivals-to-lovers with a fire-and-ice dynamic so promising, but it needs to be supported by two likeable leads, fun action sequences, and a consistent tone-of-voice, which this novel sorely lacked.

wormsnacks's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Not very well written or translated

ziubee's review against another edition

3.0

the ethical head of a demonic clan, and an brutal cultivator from a righteous sect

i’m not quite sure what it was but i couldn’t really get into the story. i don’t know if it was the writing, the translation, or my mental space atm but the overall plot didn’t pique my interest. the plot was a little bit of a mess and i couldn’t care less for any of the side characters. however, the tension between the female leads was amazing and i liked their relationship a lot.

yoursam's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

this really has everything i wanted; two amazing leads, great surrounding cast, a couple of tropes flipped on their heads (and some kept as they are, good, juicy tropes <3), and, most importantly, biting as a love language. i feel like once the main plot is introduced and explained, you're in for a good ride; there's no sudden swerving off the tracks, but there are a couple of well placed plot twists that make the ride that much better.

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furthestaway's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

sapphrose's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Pretty good enemies to lovers but I think rivals to lovers would be more applicable. Love me some evil women. Also the book is just so unapologetically gay which I appreciated, it’s also pretty short with only 50 chapters and like 202 pages (for the English translation at least). It’s a light read so I didn’t expect much but I liked it. Ending could’ve been handled better, a little anticlimactic but all in all enjoyable for me.

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