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The story is fresh, imaginative. A very cool concept about humanity, control and faith.

Narratively speaking, I don't know if it's because of the writer or the translator, but the narration and dialogues are dull. Another thing to consider, this is a heavily plot-driven book. Take that as a warning, since most characters are plain and just serve the story purpose.

Even with that wooden words, it was very enjoyable, I liked that the narration went back and forth while dealing with the secrets. If this gets a movie it'd be pretty cool.


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Update: Lo volví a leer, esta vez en español. Mejoró mi experiencia de lectura por mucho, la traducción es directa del chino al español y fue bastante agradable.
Los diálogos me parecieron muy falsos, forzados, pero se entiende que todo es para que la trama avance. Los únicos dos personajes que tienen personalidad son Ye Wenjie y Da Shi.
Ya todo listo para seguir con "El bosque oscuro".

It was kind of difficult at the start to get used to the narrative: Fluid but with blank places, never seeming to have a pause, characters that usually told everything between lines, perfect timing and definitely even if interesting this book didn't age well (hah).
But was quite pleasant anyway.

I enjoyed the brutal fights and the way mythology of old ages came to live again.

"Do you not see a convergence of life and myth, here, during the last days of life on this planet?"