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A review by iamnotkieltho
Valley of Terror by Zhou Haohui
5.0
'On this clear, beautiful day, how many others out there were living a lie?'
This book is excellent. Although, I was skeptical when the plot had strangely pivoted from the original, but in the end, everything is connected and not meaningless. Certainly not for everyone as this book requires patience to really unravel the potential of the book. I did say I have no patience in slow-paced stories, but this one is worth it and has no boring chapters at all.
As it is fictional, we do not expect this to happen in near reality, more so similarly. A little less detective work, more on historical lessons which is fine to me, but might not be for the others. I learned a lot, very diversely if I say so. Not so much horrific than I anticipated, however, it was scary in the beginning but the scenes were much more suspenseful in my opinion.
There were a lot of values, beliefs, and life lessons in this book. It creates another window of someone else's world from mine, and I get to see it through this story. Although, I am not sure if information contained in the book is true, but what I know is that it is not far from the truth. If we learn through our history, the events in this book is quite plausible if I may say so.
Quite surprised goodreads rating on this book is bad. It must be because it is a translated one, so the book's potential is diminished by half than the original. But in my preference, this book is honestly captivating and educational.
This book is excellent. Although, I was skeptical when the plot had strangely pivoted from the original, but in the end, everything is connected and not meaningless. Certainly not for everyone as this book requires patience to really unravel the potential of the book. I did say I have no patience in slow-paced stories, but this one is worth it and has no boring chapters at all.
As it is fictional, we do not expect this to happen in near reality, more so similarly. A little less detective work, more on historical lessons which is fine to me, but might not be for the others. I learned a lot, very diversely if I say so. Not so much horrific than I anticipated, however, it was scary in the beginning but the scenes were much more suspenseful in my opinion.
There were a lot of values, beliefs, and life lessons in this book. It creates another window of someone else's world from mine, and I get to see it through this story. Although, I am not sure if information contained in the book is true, but what I know is that it is not far from the truth. If we learn through our history, the events in this book is quite plausible if I may say so.
Quite surprised goodreads rating on this book is bad. It must be because it is a translated one, so the book's potential is diminished by half than the original. But in my preference, this book is honestly captivating and educational.