retroflexin 's review for:

Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 1 by Meng Xi Shi

4.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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But there were some people who did see through to the evil, and that insight was precisely why they refused to change--why they carried on being gentle and tenderhearted.

baby's first foray into wuxia, and honestly, i get it now. in the seven seas glossaries/cultural explanations, wuxia is usually exemplified with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (which, if i've ever seen this film, i do NOT remember it) and meng xi shi delivers in terms of fight scenes. yan wushi is a cunty delight and shen qiao manages to hover on the line between lawful good and chaotic good, making him a lot more interesting that i would've assumed by the summary. he's very cassie-animorphs-coded, which is an archetype i appreciate even if i can't personally relate.