A review by gc127
Qiang Jin Jiu 将进酒 by Tang Jiu Qing

4.0

love the relationship as its building up in the first third of the story. it does get formulaic at points going from the relationship driven scenes to the plot driven scenes. the more character development forward scenes like the first chapter, the king and that one guy in the building collapse, the teacher dying etc are sooo beautifully written. sometimes the plot seems to stagnate and we’re just waiting around for the next thing to push the plot along. a lot of things could be shortened and the pacing would be a lot better for it. sometimes its dragging out details that don’t have any real impact. i also dont think the couple narratively get together too quick, but relative to the length of the story it was too quick for my taste.  after they are solidly together there’s no real growth in their relationship which i generally find to be an issue in “established relationship” couples in novels.