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A review by monleon
Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect by priest
3.0
no, i dont hate liu yao and no, i dont hate priest. after encountering so many positive reviews and seeing that this novel is only 109 chapters, which is relatively little in danmei, i thought it would be a great holiday read. well, the holidays got a little extended since i spent 5 months with this book.
before my excessive ranting and complaints lets talk about the plot. 'A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a narcissist, troublemaker, meanie, idiot, and wimpy kid.' basically these five mischievous delinquents want to restore their clan’s former glory, but one of them gets possessed. and then another. it’s a long story.
i enjoyed the first 2 volumes, but later on in the novel i found myself wondering 'when is it gonna end? why are they beating around the bush? and WHAT exactly is going on?' after vol2 the arcs tend to be quite repetitive and so very long that at a certain point i was reading it just for the sake of finishing. i liked the characters and at some moments i loved them, but after all they came to be quite forgettable. the ending was so abrupt and like? what happened to the other 3 main characters? genuinely, where was this going? it probably was the lack of direction to the story.
the strength of it i think is the humour, as in any of priest’s works, as always witty and amusing. i appreciate a mystery aspect woven in the story, but again, i didnt really care for it in the first place, as i just wanted to be done with it RIGHT NOW.
if you are here for the romance, forget about it. i expected little romance, and got even less. at this point, i dont even think it can be called bl, well brother love maybe, but by the end of it i was sick. sick of how much people continuously and shamelessly lied to my face about how beautiful and sweet the romance is, because it isn’t. it is barely existent. and truly it is more of a brotherly love, with occasional hugs and kisses, and even in the end i didnt take them as a couple. really, am i missing something? if you are like me and love to experience that yearning feeling that the romance is giving—it was always overshadowed by the plot (which is arguably boring too) and if you thought that SPL had little romance, then this one is definitely not for you.
the whole concept of the story i really like, but if you like xianxia because of complex magic system and cool otherworldly characters (with the exception to yan zhengming), well… consider choosing something else to read. this one was kinda underwhelming.
i felt detached from the story, it felt stretchy and rushed at the same time and as if it was missing something. i can totally see the appeal and why people like it, but to me it was definitely not on par with priest’s other works like SPL or Mo Du.
before my excessive ranting and complaints lets talk about the plot. 'A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a narcissist, troublemaker, meanie, idiot, and wimpy kid.' basically these five mischievous delinquents want to restore their clan’s former glory, but one of them gets possessed. and then another. it’s a long story.
i enjoyed the first 2 volumes, but later on in the novel i found myself wondering 'when is it gonna end? why are they beating around the bush? and WHAT exactly is going on?' after vol2 the arcs tend to be quite repetitive and so very long that at a certain point i was reading it just for the sake of finishing. i liked the characters and at some moments i loved them, but after all they came to be quite forgettable. the ending was so abrupt and like? what happened to the other 3 main characters? genuinely, where was this going? it probably was the lack of direction to the story.
the strength of it i think is the humour, as in any of priest’s works, as always witty and amusing. i appreciate a mystery aspect woven in the story, but again, i didnt really care for it in the first place, as i just wanted to be done with it RIGHT NOW.
if you are here for the romance, forget about it. i expected little romance, and got even less. at this point, i dont even think it can be called bl, well brother love maybe, but by the end of it i was sick. sick of how much people continuously and shamelessly lied to my face about how beautiful and sweet the romance is, because it isn’t. it is barely existent. and truly it is more of a brotherly love, with occasional hugs and kisses, and even in the end i didnt take them as a couple. really, am i missing something? if you are like me and love to experience that yearning feeling that the romance is giving—it was always overshadowed by the plot (which is arguably boring too) and if you thought that SPL had little romance, then this one is definitely not for you.
the whole concept of the story i really like, but if you like xianxia because of complex magic system and cool otherworldly characters (with the exception to yan zhengming), well… consider choosing something else to read. this one was kinda underwhelming.
i felt detached from the story, it felt stretchy and rushed at the same time and as if it was missing something. i can totally see the appeal and why people like it, but to me it was definitely not on par with priest’s other works like SPL or Mo Du.