Tiger Guard
虎贲郎
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- 3.7M Words
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- Historical
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- Qin-Han & Three Kingdoms
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- 1d ago
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This book boasts first-rate writing and a superb plot, but it's unfortunately set in the wrong era. For seasoned readers of historical fiction, it's a must-read. However, it might not be so appealing to those with little or no historical knowledge.
Oh no, Shennong is here!
Having read it for so long, I increasingly feel that this book is very well written. A very distinctive feature is that each character in the book acts according to their own circumstances, their position and personality determining what they believe is right. Rather than imposing some romanticized, out-of-time historical view or emotion on the characters—this is rare, and few historical novels can achieve this.
The early part of the book, up to Jinyang, was quite enjoyable, but the pace slowed down in the middle, and by the end, it was unclear what the book was even writing. In summary, the main character is overpowered in the early stages, Lu Bu is overpowered in the mid-stages, and Liu Bei, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu are overpowered in the late stages.
Born at the wrong time, or perhaps this isn't a web novel author.
Real Water
Starting from Xiliang, it was all just padding for the sake of word count. I wanted to write about a group of characters, but my skills were limited and my writing was poor. I wanted to make more money, so I could only piece together words here and there. It was really tasteless and I gave up on it.
This is the Three Kingdoms text I most want to see.
Cao Cao is a literary Gao Huan, while the protagonist is Yuwen Tai, who is a product of Erzhu culture. Kansai vs. Kanto, Qin system vs. Qi system. Whether medieval China would select officials based on literature or grant titles based on merit would be the most crucial step in determining whether the last 500 years of Chinese history would be a period of near-modernity or ancient times.
I've read up to chapter 519. I would give it 85 out of 100. I really like the writing style; However, from a macro perspective, the book is either about fighting or on the way to fighting, with very little about farming; As for the historical text, it feels like something is missing, but I'm not sure what it is.
Too slow
The novel's setup, built up by a series of ensemble characters, ultimately made the protagonist's appearance unsatisfying; reading it felt like reading about office politics, and it was both tedious and long-winded.
I initially thought I'd see a different Three Kingdoms period, but instead I was given the Three Departments and Six Ministries system. Even the author himself admitted he didn't want powerful ministers to be treated this way. I won't comment much on the later part about leading the emperor on his northern expedition, but then the Xiongnu surrendered just because a mare lured in a few thousand…
The plot was already written wrong.
From the very beginning of the campaign against the Xianbei, the plot was a complete mess. The later campaign against Liaodong was even more ridiculous; there was no planning, no regard for the rear, and they insisted on attacking Youzhou even though they could have easily taken it.