merrrry 's review for:

A Heart Divided: The Definitive Edition by Jin Yong

2.25

adventurous lighthearted

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Took a whole 8 months to finish this book. Still really like the characters, but the novelty of the martial arts campiness and the Guo Jing x Lotus dynamic has worn off a bit after 3 books. Sadly, my main feeling about this book is that I'm glad I'm done. 

As a whole, it was obvious that Jin Yong was just trying to tie things up, and I can't say I found much of it very satisfying.

For example, Yang Kang death and Mercy's final appearance with a child was super underwhelming. Girl is just found in some bushes with a baby?? Ok???

I feel like Guo Jing and Lotus have been powering up this whole time, but the final resolution didn't reflect all the building that was done. I guess that's a common thing among serialized stories though. 

This exhausted me so much that I don't feel much motivation to read more translated Jin Yong books. I'm sure I'll read another eventually.