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The Imperial Uncle by Da Feng Gua Guo

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ipsita's review

2.0

I got pulled into it because of the title and the cover, it's just so pretty. And the first few chapters were actually going strong, I liked the author's narration so much. It was melancholy; and it portrayed how Prince Huai's character was like very well especially how flawed he was. The whole palace politics and circumstances were by far the most realistic I've ever seen. And the characters, ohmygod Yun Yu is my favourite, ofcourse. It's not your typical romance. You keep second guessing who the real ML is even to the end (my ship sank too). I think that was another reason I was able to finish this because I kinda got confused and lost interest halfway despite the book being so short. But the ending left me feeling bitter sweet cause I kept questioning if Prince Huai really loved the ML or not (the confession was so fast and forced for me)!

The translation was perfect, one of the reason I could finish it. Although this wasn't my cup of tea, I definitely liked the characters a lot. Really hoping Yun Yu got a happy ending of his own too, he deserves that.

nemonade's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

lenci's review

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challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bonriki's review

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emotional lighthearted sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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lemonaderoses's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

zenlosingit's review

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emotional funny informative mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I had expectations on how this would play out, was proven wrong, was put into a new ride, and now I’m left alone and confused in the aftermath.

Fundamentally, Prince Huai is a guy who just wants to chill and live life on his own terms and is a romantic at heart who wants to be with someone to share it with, yet because of his position on the court he’s always placed in situations where he has to play into assumptions he was born into. I honestly was rooting for him to finally find a way out of it all, then the goddamn twist happens and I have more questions than answers.

Some people say there is a love triangle- there isn’t. For me at least there is a clear cut show of who is his love interest, but there’s gotta be some drama to drive the characters along. If anything I should’ve taken heed that they literally don’t get together until the last chapter- and even then it not that clear cut.

I need to find someone else’s meta-analysis on this cause I don’t know what to make of this book 😭

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mrosenberger97's review

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tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

aghostwriting's review

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

An overall enjoyable read with a cutely pathetic MC. There are some sad moments, but I feel like Chengjun's narration keeps things from being a downer. It's an immensely readable book, and the translation certainly helps. Towards the end, I do feel as if some plot details became a bit messy and confusing, but it wasn't enough to seriously ding the book. The extras were... a bit strange and while I wasn't a big fan of most of them, the ending that

focused on Jing Su and Jing Yuan's relationship made up for what I disliked.

I have seen some reviews claim that the relationship

between the true love interest feels less fleshed out than Jing Weiyi's relationships with his nephews

and I have to agree, but in the end I think maybe it was for the best as the title is The Imperial Uncle, so it tracks that the nephews would be most important.

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helielios's review

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sad slow-paced

3.0

ryuutchi's review

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emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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