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katep27 's review for:
A Hero Born: The Definitive Edition
by Jin Yong
2.5/5stars
Rounded up to 3 star cause I DO NOT WANT THAT RATING TO DETER PEOPLE!!
This book... was fine. I think it would work much better in its original language (obviously) but, IN MY OPINION, similarly to Game of Thrones, it would work better as a TV show or a movie. I'm pretty sure it is a chinese drama and I'm interested in watching this.
Cause unfortunately, I couldn't bring myself to care about this because of the writing/translation. It was just SO simply written it was impossible to care about the characters or what was happening. There was no voice to this book - all the characters seemed basically the same. And i was constantly at an arms length away from everything because of the writing.
So, unfortunately I think the translation really ruined this story because the premise was super interesting and gripping, but the writing was just TOO simple and stilted.
Rounded up to 3 star cause I DO NOT WANT THAT RATING TO DETER PEOPLE!!
This book... was fine. I think it would work much better in its original language (obviously) but, IN MY OPINION, similarly to Game of Thrones, it would work better as a TV show or a movie. I'm pretty sure it is a chinese drama and I'm interested in watching this.
Cause unfortunately, I couldn't bring myself to care about this because of the writing/translation. It was just SO simply written it was impossible to care about the characters or what was happening. There was no voice to this book - all the characters seemed basically the same. And i was constantly at an arms length away from everything because of the writing.
So, unfortunately I think the translation really ruined this story because the premise was super interesting and gripping, but the writing was just TOO simple and stilted.