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Bezig met laden... Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 3 (editie 2022)door Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkGrandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 3 door Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Another really enjoyable volume! Some more of my favorite moments are in here, including more time with the Yiling Patriarch, Overall the art was beautiful, as it always is. I particularly love the cover by Jin Fang - I think it's my favorite cover in the set so far, though I am biased because Yiling Patriarch Wei Wuxian is my favorite version of him. The interior bonus illustration by minatu is also quite cute and lovely. Although Marina Privalova's art is quite good - and even gorgeous - by and large, I'm conflicted on two images, and it's not down to Privalova's skill as an artist on at least one of them. The first is from the scene where The other illustration is even more beautiful, and does actually depict what's in the scene. As a fan of the story who's read it already in full, and read this part multiple times, I am very happy the scene is in here, illustrated. And maybe other readers are far more able to predict things in advance than I am, so this isn't really an issue for them. But the scene is where I did find two typos, but they were minor, and not translation issues. The story reads quite well. The pronunciation guide should still have IPA rather than whatever it is. I do overall appreciate the other explanations for name usage, who characters are, and what different things mean. Overall, this is a great part of the book, and I really look forward to volume 4! If you're expecting this volume to pick up where the previous one left off, you'll be sorely disappointed, because the author starts this off with a 200-page flashback to Wei Wuxian's younger days, before he became known as the Yiling Patriarch, when Jiang Cheng still regarded him as a brother and lots of beloved family members were still alive. The Wen Clan of Qishan demands that each of the other clans send at least twenty sect disciples to Qishan to be "educated" by members of the Wen Clan. Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian are two of the ones sent by the Jiang Clan. Lan Wangji is sent by the Lan Clan - which Wei Wuxian learns has been devastated by the Wen Clan. The group of sect members ends up at the mercy of Wen Chao, the youngest son of the leader of the Wen Clan, a bully who delights in sending them after yao beasts and then claiming their victories as his own. Things only get worse from there and eventually lead to Wei Wuxian inventing and embracing demonic cultivation. Although there were some good moments, this wasn't really what I'd call a fun volume. It started off okay, and then you learned the Cloud Recesses were burned to the ground and Lan Wangji had been expressionlessly walking around on a broken leg. Instead of wallowing in tragedy, though, MXTX gave readers a battle against a giant tortoise monster, so that was nice. Then the tragic stuff started to pile up again. It wasn't quite as bad reading it as it was watching it in the live action TV series, but I still had moments when I wanted to smack Jiang Cheng and tell him to stop taking his pain and grief out on Wei Wuxian. I really disliked Wen Chao and his mistress, Wang Lingjiao - they were both needlessly cruel and entirely worthless without the Wen Clan's power propping them up. That said, what happened to them was gruesome and horrific. The only one who saw a problem with any of it was Lan Wangji - everyone else (Jiang Cheng) was apparently fine with torture (including While this was a downer of a volume, it did have several things I particularly liked. I've finally gotten enough on-page Wen Ning moments to confidently say that book Wen Ning is just as cute as live action TV series Wen Ning. Also, just as it was occurring to me that we hadn't seen enough of Jiang Yanli for her to be much more than "sweet girl who likes to cook," she finally got some good scenes. Oh, and also there was Two more volumes to go, and I know we're not done with the tragic flashbacks and whatever the heck happens to Wei Wuxian now that everyone knows the Yiling Patriarch is back. I'm nervous enough that I broke down and looked at just enough spoilers to learn whether or not to brace myself for a sad ending. Extras: A lengthy glossary and character and name guide, two full-color illustrations, and black-and-white illustrations throughout. (Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.) Volume 2 ended with the protagonists fleeing Carp Tower after Jin Guanyao revealed Wei Wuxian’s true identity. Volume 3 opens in the past, with the clans sending their heirs to Qishan for indoctrination by the Wen Clan. This volume was a tough read because WWX and LW endure so much heartache. The disciples are really hostages and, after being relieved of their swords, are bullied and endangered by their captors. They are used as bait for Night Hunting and these events lead, of course, to the Cave of the Xuanwu of Slaughter - and eventually the horror at Lotus Pier. LW arrives to indoctrination wounded and WWX continually tries to help him – raising the ire of Wen Chao and the alarm of Jiang Cheng. After a hunt leads to the infamous Xuanwu, the Wens retreat and leave the disciples to die. WWX and LW figure a way to help the others escape, but are left trapped with no food, supplies or swords. Even though WWX and LW finally begin to communicate, and readers see the introduction of their song WangXian, this is far less “romantic” than the adaptations. They are in dire conditions and LW’s hostility toward WWX is somewhat extreme - no doubt due to the painful events he endured before arriving in Qishan. The hardest part of this installment to read is the tragedy of Lotus Pier. This is the defining event that leads WWX to demonic cultivation. And his turn is so much darker than the tv show. In the novel, he doesn’t control smokey spirits – he controls literal corpses, that he has often dug up, and he appears with them around him, and it is creepy. This lends more credibility to the cultivation world turning against him, and LW’s painful confusion over what to do about WWX. Given what WWX endured, his revenge on Wen Chao is vicious and downright BRUTAL (and, I admit, far more satisfying). The volume closes back in the present, as WWX awakens in Cloud Recesses after Jin Ling stabbed him, investigates how Jin Guanyao may have killed Nie Mingjue, and finally ends up with LW and WWX at the Burial Mounds at the start of the second siege. Definitely a cliffhanger for anyone who isn’t familiar from the adaptations. Despite the sad storylines, this was still a five star read. Great writing, great characters. I cannot wait for the remaining volumes! geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"SHOOT DOWN THE SUN. The bloody war against the Wen Clan once led Wei Wuxian to seek power in demonic cultivation, and the dark acts he committed drove a wedge between him and Lan Wangji. Now, those old sins come back to haunt him as his reincarnated identity is revealed to the cultivation world. But even as the other clans call for Wei Wuxian's death, Lan Wangji stands by him, making Wei Wuxian realize what he took for disapproval in the past might have been a much deeper emotion"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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