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A review by leonidskies
Peerless: Wushuang (Novel) Vol. 1 by Meng Xi Shi
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This seems like a pretty solid start to a series! This is the first part of five (!!) but it makes a good start to establishing what I can only imagine will be a decently slow burn romance.
I've read Qian Qiu/Thousand Autumns and this, loosely, follows a lot of similar tropes, down to 'prideful, powerful man with no real morals bullies a significantly less powerful, disabled man, and does this mostly through flirting'. It's an acquired taste for sure, and Feng Xiao is (thus far) not all that interesting and is mostly just annoying and cruel.
Cui Buqu is far more interesting a character, and I enjoyed the side characters he's operating alongside a lot too. The politics of it all hasn't really grabbed me so far - the politics of empire expansion isn't really that interesting to me - but the pettier squabbles are fun. I'm interested to see where it goes, but it might be a while before I pick another volume of this one up.
I've read Qian Qiu/Thousand Autumns and this, loosely, follows a lot of similar tropes, down to 'prideful, powerful man with no real morals bullies a significantly less powerful, disabled man, and does this mostly through flirting'. It's an acquired taste for sure, and Feng Xiao is (thus far) not all that interesting and is mostly just annoying and cruel.
Cui Buqu is far more interesting a character, and I enjoyed the side characters he's operating alongside a lot too. The politics of it all hasn't really grabbed me so far - the politics of empire expansion isn't really that interesting to me - but the pettier squabbles are fun. I'm interested to see where it goes, but it might be a while before I pick another volume of this one up.