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17473128 No.17473128 [Reply] [Original]

Stopped two thirds of the way through. I should have read Journey to the West instead.

>> No.17473147

>>17473128
Why? I've never read either but I am curious what made you say this.

>> No.17473174

>>17473128
Gave up 1500 pages in? At that point why not just finish it?

>> No.17473248

>>17473147
It’s repetitive as hell. There’s no real narrative to it, just X fought Y, Y lost; Y’s city was taken.

>> No.17473731

>>17473248
Listen to the three kingdoms podcast instead or watch tv adaptions

>> No.17474989

>>17473248
If you don't like repetition, you might get tired of Journey to the West.

>> No.17475012

>>17473174
why finish it if you don't enjoy it?

>>17474989
This. After the first part it's just endless reptitions of demons trying to eat them. Read Story of the Stone instead OP

>> No.17476183

>>17473731
Or read the manga.
>>17475012
>Read Story of the Stone instead OP
No read Water Margin.

>> No.17476195

it's been a while since I read this (exactly that edition) and I don't remember it at all being as dry and annalistic as you describe. I remember it being very good. Anyway if you really disliked it you should have put it down after 2/3rd, since that edition is like 2300 pages. You read 1500-1600 pages of a book you didn't like? bizarre.