An Age of Great Strife
大争之世
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- Completed
- Length
- 1.5M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Pre-Qin Antiquity
- Updated
- 17y ago
- English
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I think this book is Yue Guan's best book.
The writing is quite good, but it's too long-winded. I thought the main plot was about reclaiming the Wu Kingdom, dominating the Spring and Autumn Period, and unifying the Warring States Period, but it turns out that it only wrote more than a million words about reclaiming the Wu Kingdom. It was very long-winded. The small goal at the beginning was written as the main plot, and the last few chapters did not mention anything about conquering the Yue Kingdom, reform, or development.
Good books are always misunderstood! Ironically, many people are reading rubbish and poorly written books these days.
The best book on the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods; also, Guan Da's new book, "Mo Ruo Ling Xiao," has been released. 😃
It's so distracting. After reading *Qin Li*, going back to this book, I found it lacking in rigor, with many details being overlooked. Of course, Ju Huaguan's books are all about enjoyment, especially his romance novels, which are absolutely superb, so I can still tolerate it.
The text keeps calling people "adult" and "adult," which makes it really awkward to read. It seems that "adult" was a term for parents before the Song Dynasty. This part really bothered me!
Historical fiction is still only comfortable to read by Yue Guan.
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This book is quite good; it's still enjoyable to read now.
A true master is a master; it's a pity he's gone.