I've finished the novel proper and started on the extras, and the smut really... is not great at all. The extra plot is interesting as always, though. The one named 恶友 (Villainous friends) really doesn't pull any punches, it's about Xue Yang and Jin Guangyao (and no smut \o/). I've not finished all of them, yet, and I think I'm missing part of chapter 113 (my epub included parts of the extras but is conspicuously missing the parts with smut in them, it was a weird read until I noticed). I'm definitely a fan of the novel, though, and the main romance actually worked quite well for me. I also like the thematic resonance between the Yicheng arc and WWX's story. And WWX is such a great character --- I can't say I can think of another one like him in the fandoms I've been in. With a bit of a stretch, he might be compared to Duo Maxwell (Gundam Wing), the fandom version, I guess? Who would you think WWX reminds you of, if anyone?
Anyway, I'm hooked, but before I start another of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's novels, I'll read SCI谜案集. It's very different, a good palate cleanser.
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Date: 2019-01-05 20:10 (UTC)The one named 恶友 (Villainous friends) really doesn't pull any punches, it's about Xue Yang and Jin Guangyao (and no smut \o/).
I've not finished all of them, yet, and I think I'm missing part of chapter 113 (my epub included parts of the extras but is conspicuously missing the parts with smut in them, it was a weird read until I noticed).
I'm definitely a fan of the novel, though, and the main romance actually worked quite well for me. I also like the thematic resonance between the Yicheng arc and WWX's story. And WWX is such a great character --- I can't say I can think of another one like him in the fandoms I've been in. With a bit of a stretch, he might be compared to Duo Maxwell (Gundam Wing), the fandom version, I guess? Who would you think WWX reminds you of, if anyone?
Anyway, I'm hooked, but before I start another of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's novels, I'll read SCI谜案集. It's very different, a good palate cleanser.