katep27 's review for:

Peach Blossom Debt by Da Feng Gua Guo

3.0

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3/5stars

I'm a bit torn on this one because the overall premise was really interesting, there was a lot of humor and very funny parts, I really liked the MCs voice as well, he was a very interesting character to follow, but there were also some parts that were just WEIRD and hard to overlook.

I was confused about the romance for quite some time, and god i just HATE the "turned into a child" arc that is so common in danmei (especially in this one because

Spoiler

him kissing hengwen WHILE HE IS A CHILD?????? WHAT THE FUCK???????????????????????????

).

ALSO why was this kinda weirdly homophobic like the mc has so much internalized homophobia but there was also some homophobia from other people/the entire immortal realm as well idk it was weird

And then the last 50 pages kinda lost me but then the last like 10 pages really got me again. It also felt like there was a LOT of just... convenient things to explain things away. I feel like this entire book could be described as "convoluted" tbh (to quote my friend "it was very convoluted because we as the reader weren't brought along for the journey" - the entire "romance" was basically just info-dump explained at the very end)

I dunno, I feel like this review is very negative for a 3 star but I really did like it and I had a fun time reading it - I read it in like 24 hours! and I doubt i'll be forgetting about this one any time soon it definitely left a lasting impression lol