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If your sole reason for reading this novel is the author, please think twice. I am a great fan of the author´s other works, and seeing a review saying this novel was a light-hearted reading excited me. My first thought was Yue Xia Die Ying since she went through the same path, from a heavy style to a light one, and was successful in doing so.But changing writing styles doesn´t mean abandoning everything about the previous one. What I love about Ill-Fated Consort and Malicious Empress are the strategies. The scheming and plotting, the FL´s intelligence! So now tell me, why does Yang Zanxing not use her head? I made it to chapter 26 and couldn´t stand it. But wait! It´s not just the FL. From my understanding, cultivation isn´t just about physical strength and flashy moves. It´s about the mind! So there´s no excuse for the other characters' behavior. It feels like I´m reading about a bunch of middle-graders.Another issue I have is the way the FL is handling the chauvinistic setting of the novel. She has done NOTHING about it, even when she could. Spoiler
Her maid and choachman. She is their master. She had many opportunities to make them understand that she doesn´t want to depend on a man and that her life goal isn´t to get married. But she kept quiet and allowed her maid to babble about her finding a new husband. Because god forbid she doesn't. The FL wouldn´t be OOC either (no one has enough IQ to notice) so, no excuse.
[collapse]Concluding: comparison is the source of all evil. I´m upset because I read the author´s previous works. Dear reader, maybe you´ll be different. Give it a try.