A review by jowithtwoiis
The Imperial Uncle by Da Feng Gua Guo

5.0

Da Feng Gua Guo is quickly replacing MXTX as my favorite author. I thought that Peach Blossom Debt was pretty great but The Imperial Uncle was even better. I was totally captivated by Jing Weiyi and his utterly warped view on the things that were going on around him. Maybe that's why I found him so relatable; a lot of us can be clueless to others motivations and do stupid, thoughtless things as a result. The political intrigue is all of a very personal nature since it involves the viewpoint of a member of the royal family. I really felt it put a very human face on some common Chinese story tropes that I don't always understand as am American.

Anyway, LOVED THIS BOOK. I want to read more by this author ASAP!