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Overall, it’s a graphic and genuine portrayal of how effortlessly a person can allow grief to overpower and crush to gratify one’s pain for some level of pleasure and contentedness.
And even when we start to unravel this hatred and glimpse his grief, it is an inescapable burden that he carries across his back as his pain turns in on himself and consumes him. Despite that, I was rooting for her to win because compared to Ouyang and Baoxiang, she was considerably better. he who drowned the world shows the desperation and rage of people pushed to the fringes of society and absolutely refusing to be rendered inferior. So elegantly and elaborately structured with the most beautiful and horrible cast of characters I have ever had the displeasure of becoming attached to.Whether they had a more comfortable childhood or not, the people around them didn’t see any potential in their talents. What hope can you have against my larger army; against my general who was even hailed as an equal by the Yuan’s feared General Ouyang? What enriches the already ingenious conversation on gender (alongside this addition of perception) is that of performance. I acknowledge the justification behind his hatred for women but it’s not something I can easily overlook.
Witnessing ripples of one character’s actions brush against the POVs of other characters created the perfect amount of tension and suspense. The political intrigue, character development and the relationships between characters were all so well written. When they were together she sometimes thought she might understand—might even feel it, as if it were being transmitted by the vibration of Ma’s tender heart against her own—but as soon as they were apart, it faded like a dream. The main cast members constantly one-up each other in terms of cruelty and depravity; just when you think it can’t possibly get any worse, someone shows up with a jar of pickled hands and you lose another shred of faith in humanity. This sequel still focuses on familiar characters while expanding its reach throughout the empire on a larger scale.A king and queen strolling through their palace grounds proceeded without impediment, since everyone in their way stepped aside and bowed, but the sheer profusion of construction workers in every direction made Zhu think of herself as a boat cutting through a weed-clogged pond.
Whether it's from one battle to the next, the conquering of a territory, or the heart-wrenching betrayal, Parker-Chan never lets up on the throttle.I will do my best to be non-spoilery in this review, and hopefully that’ll be quite simple, because a lot of what I have to say I can say in reasonably vague terms. Each character plays such an important role in the story and I found the addition of new perspectives to be so interesting. It reached a point where it felt more gratuitous and less relevant, which detracted from my enjoyment. Disclaimer: I got sent this on netgalley from Tor Publishing Group for a review but my thoughts and feelings are my own.
The trigger warnings are plenty-you can check them out on the author’s review-but I missed the commentary, the lesson behind all the traumatic scenes we went through.in real life, most marginalized people have no choice but to swallow the everyday hurt and violence and keep going, so it's strangely satisfying to read about people who feel every inch of their fury and injustice and throw that horror back into the world that rejected them simply for being who they are. HWDTW is much darker and violent than its predecessor because the theme surrounding sorrow and revenge took center stage. Despite knowing from the beginning how the series would end—this is, after all, a retelling of the first Ming emperor’s ascent to power—I could never predict what was going to happen next; in fact, I realized at one point that I had fifteen pages left in my e-book and the story hadn’t wrapped up at all. It’s so consistent in its richness, so precise in its sequencing that even the grimmest of moments become enthralling and vital. That empathy makes all of the punches hurt just that much more; on some level, despite knowing that these are terrible, no-good, very bad people, you often find yourself still wishing that they would win the day and finally find some peace.
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