/lit/ - Literature

Okay, I am done with I Shall Seal The Heavens. I've finished the first 'book,' saw the turtle fly away. And while I think the looting scenes were funny, the overall quality was simply not enough to continue reading. I'd probably think about giving it more of my time if half of the words weren't useless filler or repetitions actively decreasing my enjoyment from reading. I'm sad. Sad for readers of ISSTH, because I see that it's recommended so much, and after reading some of it I already can see that it appears to be much better than an average chinese novel, but it's still not enough to be a decent story. They deserve better than to have subpar fiction being among the best the genre has to offer. The dialogue is most of the time below YA level, the protagonist doesn't really earn anything, just gets lucky encounter after lucky encounter. His journey and character change does not appear authentic to me, not organic or natural. As a Progression Fantasy, it's below average.

My recommendation? Try to read anything else, unless you are a massive xianxia enjoyer. Otherwise the amount of time spent and enjoyment acquired is just not worth the time invested. Life is too short to read few milions of words of filler just to see few interesting ideas and scenes. You can do better. You DESERVE better.