Oath of Shadows

Having read the book for so long, I'll write a long review for Qingsong. Without further ado, let's begin: To our readers: If you're finding the plot moving slowly, please give Qingsong some time. The world of Dungeons & Dragons is vast, and it's precisely this vastness and meticulously crafted setting that gives Dungeons & Dragons its unique charm.

I've been keeping it up for so long without watching it, thinking I'd wait until it reached 1 million before selling it, but today I suddenly couldn't resist clicking on it. Let me state upfront that I am a D&D enthusiast, and my understanding of the D&D background is at least more detailed than that of 80% of the authors on Qidian.com.

Honestly, the author's plot isn't bad, and the writing style is fine too. But there's one bad habit that really needs to be changed. The plot is described in a sentence or two, then a long paragraph of explanations is added. This kind of writing is really verbose. Some very simple things are repeated over and over, and unnecessary things are written in a long paragraph. This makes reading very annoying.

Can you please stop writing about that warrior monk? Dozens of chapters are dedicated to her. Where did your sense of crisis go? Instead of rushing to escape, you're playing house with her.

I couldn't finish this book because of the discussions in the chapters. I finally found a D&D novel, but the discussions about Witchers in the chapters made it impossible to continue. I only read about ten chapters. Here are my personal opinions: I don't understand the D&D system or anything like that, but an author shouldn't let a lot of people who know D&D criticize a book.

After reading the full text and many readers' comments, I'd like to share my own thoughts: Many readers have commented that the story is padded and the pacing is poor, which is indeed true to some extent. I believe there are several issues:

It's well-written, but the pacing is too slow, it's unbearably slow. Much of the plot didn't need to be so drawn out; this isn't a game where you have to complete every side quest. I think if you're going to spend a lot of time on the small maps in the early stages, then don't waste time writing about how to build up the reader's anticipation for the later maps.

That storyline involving the monks was just ridiculous. I know that gaining the friendship of a monk from the good faction will definitely be useful, especially since I plan to have her teacher take her to the main continent. But her storyline is too much, and it's all about the protagonist smoothing things over for her. He starts by helping her rescue her friends, and then she just stands him up.

This witcher role is so off-putting, what the heck? No wonder this book did so poorly. You might as well write a dragon novel instead.

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