I Pay My Respects to My Empress, Napoleon I

This work is the GOAT of all the historical epics I've ever read. When I first saw it in junior high, I knew it was the best historical novel I would ever read. It's just a pity that it started strong but ended weakly (laughs). I've watched it countless times, and I'm still thinking about what happens next.

I usually read novels with Eastern themes, so when I first saw this book, I was immediately drawn to it and clicked on it. I found this Western historical fantasy novel (with gender-swapped elements, of course) quite interesting and refreshing. However, the author didn't quite master the vast world-building, and the early narrative wasn't handled well, making it somewhat dull. The detailed descriptions were also not fully grasped, becoming a flaw in the early part of the novel. Starting from the second volume, the author began to expand the stage and constantly introduce new characters, giving a sense of urgency. For someone like me who frequently reads historical novels, the names of the characters...

"Meet My Empress Napoleon I" was the first light novel I read on Pineapple Bun that featured a fictionalized version of Napoleon and the French Revolution, a historical fiction with anthropomorphic elements. It was also the first one I found truly interesting, making me realize, "Ah, so Pineapple Bun also has relatively rigorous historical fiction light novels!" In my opinion, it stands out among Pineapple Bun's military fiction works. Before this, the works I'd read on Pineapple Bun were mostly slice-of-life light novels like "Abandoned Flower," a genre popular with literary youth. This was the first time I'd seen a light novel on Pineapple Bun that introduced the French Royalist movement and Jack Carter...

Regarding the light novel *Greetings, My Empress Napoleon*, I started reading it after being recommended by the author Fei Bao Qi Ren, who skipped over it with his new project, *The Eternal Kingdom: The Rise of the Tide*. I must say, after finishing it, this light novel gave me a strong feeling of reading *Oda Nobuna's Ambition*. It's clear that Fei Bao Qi Ren has a deep understanding of the historical figures' past experiences, and his fanfiction of the characters as moe anthropomorphized is quite successful. Before reading *Neon Genesis*, the moe anthropomorphized light novels I encountered were mainly those by Yue Mian, focusing on World War II moe anthropomorphized characters. Personally, when it comes to moe anthropomorphized historical novels, I prefer works like *Leviathan Chronicle* and *The Eternal Kingdom: The Rise of the Tide*...

I personally read *Meet My Empress Napoleon I* after reading *The Eternal Kingdom: The Rise of the Tide* and *Steam and the Kings' Fantasy*. After finishing it, I felt that *Nirvana*, as an early alternate history war novel by F. W. A. R., Might not be as mature in writing style and narrative structure as its later works like *The Eternal Kingdom: The Rise of the Tide* and *Steam and the Kings' Fantasy*. However, it still has a good plot and highlights. Although as a fantasy novel enthusiast I don't particularly like the alternate history/anthropomorphic theme, it doesn't affect my evaluation of *Nirvana*. If you only look at the first volume, this light novel...

With so many time travelers carrying cell phones, theoretical constraints seem to have disappeared. The existence of certain high-ranking time travelers proves that societal constraints are also minimal. Considering the timeline, production levels are generally adequate. So why are people still lining up to be executed? The absence of Gatling guns (manual) could be understood as a fear of wasting bullets. But why are lever-action rifles and single-action revolvers absent? Even cartridge cases haven't been invented. Given humanity's habit of striving to kill its own kind faster and easier, the technology tree should have already reached pre-World War I levels, where warfare wouldn't be like Victorian wars but rather steel...

To be honest, the novel's subject matter is very interesting; I was hooked after reading just the first few chapters of the first volume and have been following it ever since. However, to be honest, starting from the second act of the second volume, I slowly began to lose interest. Firstly, the storytelling became too drawn out, with the important points being delayed. Secondly, the author's excessive introduction of new historical figures not only made the reading experience headache-inducing but also led to a decline in character development. Furthermore, the sheer number of time travelers and the use of mobile phones gave it a strong sense of an infinite flow novel; although I vaguely guessed what kind of foreshadowing the author was laying, it still felt really strange. ...

After reading the whole book, it's clear the author couldn't handle the genre and the writing fell apart. Multiple time travelers, fantasy, and a main cast solving minor incidents—it could have worked even in a different setting.

I'm sick of Rana's storylines. Did I come here for NTR? If you're a pure love fan, please consider carefully before reading this book.

Recommending books in 2020 that stopped updating in 2018, is that even possible?