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Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 1
by Tang Jiu Qing
This book was such a refreshing danmei read.
If you struggle with reading translated books, fear not. They did such a good job that I never felt left out of the loop while characters were talking.
Also I loved the banter. Normally I have a hard time understanding what is meant when characters have a conversation that should be banter. But this felt like the author frfr wrote the banter in english. It was exhilarating to finally be giddy about EVERY interaction that the main characters had.
Also: the characters, especially Shen Zechuan, were just so interesting. What I normally hate about reading chinese novels are the unnecessary dumb af characters that just can’t seem to read the room and are just there to make the reading more comedic but are just annoying. This book does not do that. I think its because the author is someone who is capable of writing funny scenes without resorting to them. Most of the conversations the main characters have is fun. They are just so sarcastic and manipulative af that it is so much fun just to read them talking to each other.
Back to the characters being interesting. All of them are just realistic. I mean we do have some characters who are a bit slow and don’t really got much smarts but they are also portrayed in a realistic way. Even some side characters who we only get glimpses of have so much personality that i just loved reading about every one of them.
Another thing is the gatekeep, gaslight, girlbossing that the MCs are doing. Everything is just so gratifying to watch unfold and I love that this book does not do as much telling like other Chinese novels do. Instead the author shows us everything bit by bit, always revealing a bigger picture slowly.
Cannot wait to read further in this series.
If you struggle with reading translated books, fear not. They did such a good job that I never felt left out of the loop while characters were talking.
Also I loved the banter. Normally I have a hard time understanding what is meant when characters have a conversation that should be banter. But this felt like the author frfr wrote the banter in english. It was exhilarating to finally be giddy about EVERY interaction that the main characters had.
Also: the characters, especially Shen Zechuan, were just so interesting. What I normally hate about reading chinese novels are the unnecessary dumb af characters that just can’t seem to read the room and are just there to make the reading more comedic but are just annoying. This book does not do that. I think its because the author is someone who is capable of writing funny scenes without resorting to them. Most of the conversations the main characters have is fun. They are just so sarcastic and manipulative af that it is so much fun just to read them talking to each other.
Back to the characters being interesting. All of them are just realistic. I mean we do have some characters who are a bit slow and don’t really got much smarts but they are also portrayed in a realistic way. Even some side characters who we only get glimpses of have so much personality that i just loved reading about every one of them.
Another thing is the gatekeep, gaslight, girlbossing that the MCs are doing. Everything is just so gratifying to watch unfold and I love that this book does not do as much telling like other Chinese novels do. Instead the author shows us everything bit by bit, always revealing a bigger picture slowly.
Cannot wait to read further in this series.