City of Sin
罪恶之城
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 4.2M Words
- Genre
- Western Fantasy
- Subgenre
- Epic Fantasy
- Updated
- 8y ago
- English
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Synopsis
Other names
- CoSEnglish name
- Sin CityEnglish name
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In my personal opinion, this is the eternal god of Western fantasy. Compared to this, Yan Yu Jiang Nan's two most recent novels feel like a significant decline in writing style, especially in environmental descriptions. It lacks the unrestrained imagination of works like *Sin City* and *The Demon Hunter's Notes*. Pessimistically speaking, it's possible that Yan Yu Jiang Nan will never be able to write a novel of *Sin City*'s caliber again.
Quicksand
The last female character that left such a deep impression on me was Erii from Dragon Raja 3. However, the tragedy in Dragon Raja was purely due to the protagonist's own actions, while the tragedy in this book was the heroine's own choice, which is truly poignant.
Richard, Gordon, Quicksand—it's rare for a novel to leave you remembering the characters years later. I've read Sin City three times already, and I usually reread it every now and then. It's endlessly enjoyable because there's simply no other novel of its kind to compare with it. It's a masterpiece in my heart.
Holy crap, how did this book get out? 🙂
Only one good head
The characters were well-developed in the early stages, but then started inexplicably disappearing from the story in the middle. The plot became more difficult due to the protagonist's chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur) and hot-bloodedness, squandering a promising start.
It starts strong but ends weakly, featuring a harem protagonist. The beginning is excellent, especially the section with Eileen, where he clearly grows. However, the later parts are completely devoid of intelligence.
Not a complete failure, but almost a complete failure... I miss and mourn those carefree, bookworm days in high school.
I read this book once when I was in high school. It is one of the few Western Ring books that have had a profound impact on me, along with Dancing Demon's Law and Squid's Arcane Throne. I've reread it from beginning to end now. The early reveal of the world and the detailed depiction were captivating, but after the discovery of the doomsday seed in the Faro plane, everything felt accelerated…
The regrets of Sin City
Richard and Quicksand, two people in love and companionship, constantly give to each other in their own ways, yet they gradually drift apart. Richard and the mountains and the sea, reminiscing about their youth, still have each other, but they are no longer simply "you" and "me". Richard and Helen Sue: childhood dependence, adult aspirations.
I should have left three thousand years ago. It's so heartbreaking.
What are you doing, Misty Jiangnan? Is this the quality expected of online novels? 😭😭😭