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将夜 [Jiang Ye]
Chang An, capital of Tang, the most powerful empire in the continent. A heaven wrecking massacre shook the city to its core. Amidst the incident, a young boy named Ning Que managed to get away, dug out from a pile of corpses along with a little girl called Sang Sang. Years passed, and since that day the two of them lived together. Together with Sang Sang they both entered the military, with plausible military achievements, they were recommended into the Scholar School, which began their miraculous journey.
Who is this boy and what does his future hold?
The epic and legendary tale of an extraordinary young man rising up from the masses, traversing his life in the pursuit of quantity over quality. His inquisitive voice echoes infinitely through the hills of the immortal Academy: “I am one who would rather suffer an eternity of destined calamities than beg for solace from the saints…”
Who is this boy and what does his future hold?
The epic and legendary tale of an extraordinary young man rising up from the masses, traversing his life in the pursuit of quantity over quality. His inquisitive voice echoes infinitely through the hills of the immortal Academy: “I am one who would rather suffer an eternity of destined calamities than beg for solace from the saints…”
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January 21, 2019
Jiang Je aka Nightfall by Mao Ni.
Since GR doesn't have a blurb, will provide one from novelupdates . com:
Chang An, capital of Tang, the most powerful empire in the continent. A heaven wrecking massacre shook the city to its core. Amidst the incident, a young boy named Ning Que managed to get away, dug out from a pile of corpses along with a little girl called Sang Sang. Years passed, and since that day the two of them lived together. Together with Sang Sang they both entered the military, with plausible military achievements, they were recommended into the Scholar School, which began their miraculous journey.
Who is this boy and what does his future hold?
The epic and legendary tale of an extraordinary young man rising up from the masses, traversing his life in the pursuit of quantity over quality. His inquisitive voice echoes infinitely through the hills of the immortal Academy: “I am one who would rather suffer an eternity of destined calamities than beg for solace from the saints…”
So basically it's a tale of a boy who is believed to be the son/incarnation of the god of death/darkness which will bring about the Eternal Night (sounds familiar, GoT fans, no?XD) and thus his whole family gets slaughtered while he managed to survive and he trains in martial arts & cultivation in order to avenge them. Along the way he found a little baby girl whom he saved and raised and so the two journey together as they grow up and have to overcome all kinds of obstacles & enemies.
I really don't want to spoil the plot because for all it's little mistakes due to being a web novel, Nightfall is one of the best works I've come across.
It's like it was written for me.
.*. No damned love triangle <- I'm already 100% sold on this alone.
.*. A hero that does not automatically just gets strong but works for it.
.*. A heroine that is in fact the main driving force of the story even if she is not the protagonist, but she is the heroine nevertheless.
.*. The relationship between h/h. Since the novel takes place over several years, we can see how their relationship changes from friends to lovers, but throughout it all they have always remained the most important to each other, always together.
.*. A hero that is not afraid to kill and does not feel remorse over every single thing. Yes, finally! Ning Que's character is fantastic! Gimme more! XD
Obviously I could go on and on...just read the novel & watch the drama ;D
~Ok, this is some general info for those who are not familiar with web novels, thought it might be useful:
Online web novels are suuuper popular in Asia and Nightfall is such a novel.
Web novels are usually uploaded by the author online per chapter.
The great side - it's available for free for anyone to read (well, anyone if you know Chinese/Korean etc.).
The not so great side - because of the nature of web novels and the pressure authors have to produce each chapter on time so as not to lose their reader base (people are fickle indeed and since nowadays thanx to internet we've got lots of entertainment to choose from, the competition is fierce to keep the people reading your work, thus the demand to keep the chapters coming, and as I understand - especially so in Asia) the quality may not always be the best, because most of the time, the authors will write it in real time - they won't have it pre-written and then released by chapter, otherwise it just won't work out in this field of work, so they have that week or even less to write the chapters and keep them going, therefore, not just some, but quite some details might be forgotten or overlooked in haste. While in the big picture not that important, but it does make one kind of sad that if the author had had the time, the work could've been not just exceptional but epic.
oh well.
Also, there are tons, and I do truly mean tons of web novels out there on the net. Chinese, Korean, Japanese. Anyone can become an author and post them online.
Which is super great for we get to read lots of amazing stories.
Buuuut only if one knows the language.
Luckily, there are those amazing people who translate them for us little people to enjoy as well, YAY :D
~ End of info part ~
I first came upon Nightfall because it now has a c-drama adaption titled Ever Night
And since I totally lurrrrve the drama and found out it's adapted from the novel...you bet I'm reading the novel as well :D
well, for now it's more like I skimmed over some of the parts I loved in the drama and cuz I'm way too curious and couldn't wait for the next episodes to be released (for it's still airing right now) and thus I read ahead some little bit
Luckily for me, Nightfall is quite popular (well, it did get adapted to drama after all) and while not all of it is translated yet, but it is being translated.
The novel has 1088 chapters in total and so far it has 688 chaps translated. Since Nightfall is popular, all the more so now thanx to the drama, it gets 2 or so chapters translated per day.
Wohoooo :D
I've just started to read it (not the skimming parts, properly from the beginning), so probably will update the review once I've gotten to the middle of it or smt....since the drama's 1st season also covers about half of the novel ;D
But from what little I did skim I can already say and as you saw at the beginning of the review - damn, I love it! :D
Now onto some drama candy -cuz the drama is fantastic: the cinematography, the choreography for fights, the ost, the actors (it gathered a whole lot of epic veteran actors and even the newbies are real good) and it stays pretty close to the novel, yusss :D :
Since GR doesn't have a blurb, will provide one from novelupdates . com:
Chang An, capital of Tang, the most powerful empire in the continent. A heaven wrecking massacre shook the city to its core. Amidst the incident, a young boy named Ning Que managed to get away, dug out from a pile of corpses along with a little girl called Sang Sang. Years passed, and since that day the two of them lived together. Together with Sang Sang they both entered the military, with plausible military achievements, they were recommended into the Scholar School, which began their miraculous journey.
Who is this boy and what does his future hold?
The epic and legendary tale of an extraordinary young man rising up from the masses, traversing his life in the pursuit of quantity over quality. His inquisitive voice echoes infinitely through the hills of the immortal Academy: “I am one who would rather suffer an eternity of destined calamities than beg for solace from the saints…”
So basically it's a tale of a boy who is believed to be the son/incarnation of the god of death/darkness which will bring about the Eternal Night (sounds familiar, GoT fans, no?XD) and thus his whole family gets slaughtered while he managed to survive and he trains in martial arts & cultivation in order to avenge them. Along the way he found a little baby girl whom he saved and raised and so the two journey together as they grow up and have to overcome all kinds of obstacles & enemies.
I really don't want to spoil the plot because for all it's little mistakes due to being a web novel, Nightfall is one of the best works I've come across.
It's like it was written for me.
.*. No damned love triangle <- I'm already 100% sold on this alone.
.*. A hero that does not automatically just gets strong but works for it.
.*. A heroine that is in fact the main driving force of the story even if she is not the protagonist, but she is the heroine nevertheless.
.*. The relationship between h/h. Since the novel takes place over several years, we can see how their relationship changes from friends to lovers, but throughout it all they have always remained the most important to each other, always together.
.*. A hero that is not afraid to kill and does not feel remorse over every single thing. Yes, finally! Ning Que's character is fantastic! Gimme more! XD
Obviously I could go on and on...just read the novel & watch the drama ;D
~Ok, this is some general info for those who are not familiar with web novels, thought it might be useful:
Online web novels are suuuper popular in Asia and Nightfall is such a novel.
Web novels are usually uploaded by the author online per chapter.
The great side - it's available for free for anyone to read (well, anyone if you know Chinese/Korean etc.).
The not so great side - because of the nature of web novels and the pressure authors have to produce each chapter on time so as not to lose their reader base (people are fickle indeed and since nowadays thanx to internet we've got lots of entertainment to choose from, the competition is fierce to keep the people reading your work, thus the demand to keep the chapters coming, and as I understand - especially so in Asia) the quality may not always be the best, because most of the time, the authors will write it in real time - they won't have it pre-written and then released by chapter, otherwise it just won't work out in this field of work, so they have that week or even less to write the chapters and keep them going, therefore, not just some, but quite some details might be forgotten or overlooked in haste. While in the big picture not that important, but it does make one kind of sad that if the author had had the time, the work could've been not just exceptional but epic.
oh well.
Also, there are tons, and I do truly mean tons of web novels out there on the net. Chinese, Korean, Japanese. Anyone can become an author and post them online.
Which is super great for we get to read lots of amazing stories.
Buuuut only if one knows the language.
Luckily, there are those amazing people who translate them for us little people to enjoy as well, YAY :D
~ End of info part ~
I first came upon Nightfall because it now has a c-drama adaption titled Ever Night
And since I totally lurrrrve the drama and found out it's adapted from the novel...you bet I'm reading the novel as well :D
well, for now it's more like I skimmed over some of the parts I loved in the drama and cuz I'm way too curious and couldn't wait for the next episodes to be released (for it's still airing right now) and thus I read ahead some little bit
Luckily for me, Nightfall is quite popular (well, it did get adapted to drama after all) and while not all of it is translated yet, but it is being translated.
The novel has 1088 chapters in total and so far it has 688 chaps translated. Since Nightfall is popular, all the more so now thanx to the drama, it gets 2 or so chapters translated per day.
Wohoooo :D
I've just started to read it (not the skimming parts, properly from the beginning), so probably will update the review once I've gotten to the middle of it or smt....since the drama's 1st season also covers about half of the novel ;D
But from what little I did skim I can already say and as you saw at the beginning of the review - damn, I love it! :D
Now onto some drama candy -cuz the drama is fantastic: the cinematography, the choreography for fights, the ost, the actors (it gathered a whole lot of epic veteran actors and even the newbies are real good) and it stays pretty close to the novel, yusss :D :
October 14, 2019
I also found this gem due to watching the C-drama Evernight. While I adore the cute couple in the drama, the novel took their relationship to a whole new level.
Don't get me wrong, Nightfall is not a romance novel, but a cultivation novel. In fact, despite the large part the relationship played in the plot, the novel itself barely had any romantic scenes. I would say there is probably only about 10% of romance in the whole novel. But despite that, I firmly believed that Ning Que's love was the deepest and most absolute love that I've ever read about, so much so that I don't think it was humanely possible to love anyone anymore than that.
Suddenly, compared to the things he did for her (I think almost everything he did was for her sake) and what he went through for her sake, all other novel's relationship seemed cheap and too easy. I can't help but comparing most other male leads to Ning Que and found them fell way too short. Like, Ning Que wouldn't let fate or destiny or any other excuses stop him, and he definitely wouldn't just stand by helplessly while his beloved was hurt. I think reading this novel has ruined other romantic novels for me XD (but I definitely did not regret it!)
Don't get me wrong, Nightfall is not a romance novel, but a cultivation novel. In fact, despite the large part the relationship played in the plot, the novel itself barely had any romantic scenes. I would say there is probably only about 10% of romance in the whole novel. But despite that, I firmly believed that Ning Que's love was the deepest and most absolute love that I've ever read about, so much so that I don't think it was humanely possible to love anyone anymore than that.
Suddenly, compared to the things he did for her (I think almost everything he did was for her sake) and what he went through for her sake, all other novel's relationship seemed cheap and too easy. I can't help but comparing most other male leads to Ning Que and found them fell way too short. Like, Ning Que wouldn't let fate or destiny or any other excuses stop him, and he definitely wouldn't just stand by helplessly while his beloved was hurt. I think reading this novel has ruined other romantic novels for me XD (but I definitely did not regret it!)
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April 28, 2023Good god I finally managed to finish this, all 1118 chapters of it.
I started reading because I loved Evernight S1 and wanted to know the whole story. I found the first two third compelling and absorbing, even though the battle descriptions were drawn out, sometimes several chapters for the same battle. My favorite scenes were those of the Academy, especially the back hill with the senior brothers and sisters and the proud white goose.
However the last one third of the novel felt over-long and repetitive and I skimmed it. Some parts felt like an anti-Buddhist rant, which was off-putting. The resolution was a bit odd as well.
Overall I'm glad I read it because now I know the whole story. It's a great deal more gory than the show - for instance, there is on-page cannibalism. Ning Que in the book is far more ruthless and coldblooded than Ning Que in the show.
I started reading because I loved Evernight S1 and wanted to know the whole story. I found the first two third compelling and absorbing, even though the battle descriptions were drawn out, sometimes several chapters for the same battle. My favorite scenes were those of the Academy, especially the back hill with the senior brothers and sisters and the proud white goose.
However the last one third of the novel felt over-long and repetitive and I skimmed it. Some parts felt like an anti-Buddhist rant, which was off-putting. The resolution was a bit odd as well.
Overall I'm glad I read it because now I know the whole story. It's a great deal more gory than the show - for instance, there is on-page cannibalism. Ning Que in the book is far more ruthless and coldblooded than Ning Que in the show.
July 7, 2022
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4/5 really liked first 60 hours. 2/5 thought following 30 hours were okay.
I read 75% of the novel in 90 hours with no skimming. I believe I was on chapter 850 or thereabouts. This is a wuxia and then xianxia novel which has high quality writing and storytelling. Many characters are three-dimensional and greatly help carry the story. The world is a well-written web of political and religious groups which overlap with cultivation/martial arts. The story is clearly pre-planned and is told well. I quit because I got bored. The storytelling is of such high caliber that every paragraph matters and adds value, developing the world, characters, and/or plot. However, that is the book's downfall, since when the plot slowed down in the second half, I couldn't skim because I would inevitably miss the plot but I also couldn't read it because it was taking forever for anything to happen. This is a masterpiece of xianxia/wuxia, but you need to be very intentional about when you start reading it. Read it when you are on a week-long vacation or something.
Technical characteristics of writing: very solid
Across millions of words I don't remember having a single complaint about spelling, sentence structure, or wording. This was a masterful translation. Of course, literary value is lost in translation as geometric associations between words and allusions to Chinese folklore are wiped out in the process of translation to English, but that is par for the course. I only feel like mentioning it this time because I know that the original Chinese writing was so good.
Characters: 4/5 really liked
There were many characters who had their own story and motivations. The many "main" side-characters were so fleshed-out that I could edit the book to make any one of them the main character of a 500,000-word long book. Overall very good. However, none of these characters were truly stand-out characters that I will remember for the rest of my life, and so I cannot give these a 5/5 rating. These are consistently good, even up to the point where I quit. The characters are constantly built upon and expanded as the story goes on; that is what much of the word count ends up being and part of why the story is relatively slow throughout.
World: 4/5 really liked
The world is clearly-explained and straightforward. It is also easy to keep track of where things are, since every time one of the kingdoms is mentioned, its cardinal relation to the central empire is mentioned. There are various political and religious groups which overlap. The world is complex and epic. This is the other place where an unusual amount of words go toward. In the second half of the book, more words go toward describing geopolitics and wars than before, which is part of why it seems to slow down and get more boring for me. Once again, the world is stellar through the end of the book, and I didn't quit because of any drop in world quality or anything. (Do note that what I find great, you might not find great since I've been reading trashnovels for the past 18 months.)
Story: 4/5 really liked for the first half and then 2/5 okay for the remaining half. This will be evaluated across multiple categories because the book is that enourmous.
Pacing: too slow in the second half
You might be thinking: "Alex, why would you quit a book that was so good just because the story dropped down to a 2/5 fo you? I know you've read through entire other books with 2/5 stories just because the characters were a 4/5." To that I say: this book is so long. You don't understand how long it is. This is one of the longest books I have ever read. It's like reading the entire Harry Potter series four times. Imagine you were reading Harry Potter but the last book was the length of all the previous books combined but only had one-book's worth of content. Now imagine that every book is 4x longer. That's what we are dealing with here. It's still a fantastic story, but I can't find the needed 30 hours in my life to finish this story :(((((
As meaty fantasy: amazing throughout
This book is more meaty than even Lord of the Rings. It is the perfect storm of an author who knows how to use word-count to make a story and a high word-count. The world and characters are amazing and the plot is expansive. The terrific political and religious groups interact well, and I haad no complaints about realism throughout. (Remember that this is a wuxia C-novel, and so what constitutes expected and realistic interactions differ.)
As power-fantasy: great when there is face-slapping, but there isn't much
This is a normal novel in that the main character struggles a lot. There were only two instances of the main character being really epic in the 90 hours I spent reading it. Those were fantastic. I mean absolutely wonderful. I LIVE FOR STUFF LIKE THAT. However, if I was reading just for that, it wouldn't be worth the 90 hours.
As romance: shallow
It is better than most xianxia, but it is still bad. You know what I mean. As a friend pointed out to me recently, romance only really works in books if you can imagine the pairing working out in real life, and this one is something I could never imagine actually working out.
Conclusion:
BE INTENTIONAL WHEN DECIDING TO READ THIS BOOK. It is a fantastic book throughout, despite my complaints. It will be my eternal regret that I started this when I was too busy and so did not have the free time to relaxedly finish.
Just like with Mao Ni's other book Ze Tian Ji, I will write out a summary below. However, it would take too long to write a summary which would allow me to catch up. Instead, I will write a summary to help fellow quitters like me find closure.
4/5 really liked first 60 hours. 2/5 thought following 30 hours were okay.
I read 75% of the novel in 90 hours with no skimming. I believe I was on chapter 850 or thereabouts. This is a wuxia and then xianxia novel which has high quality writing and storytelling. Many characters are three-dimensional and greatly help carry the story. The world is a well-written web of political and religious groups which overlap with cultivation/martial arts. The story is clearly pre-planned and is told well. I quit because I got bored. The storytelling is of such high caliber that every paragraph matters and adds value, developing the world, characters, and/or plot. However, that is the book's downfall, since when the plot slowed down in the second half, I couldn't skim because I would inevitably miss the plot but I also couldn't read it because it was taking forever for anything to happen. This is a masterpiece of xianxia/wuxia, but you need to be very intentional about when you start reading it. Read it when you are on a week-long vacation or something.
Technical characteristics of writing: very solid
Across millions of words I don't remember having a single complaint about spelling, sentence structure, or wording. This was a masterful translation. Of course, literary value is lost in translation as geometric associations between words and allusions to Chinese folklore are wiped out in the process of translation to English, but that is par for the course. I only feel like mentioning it this time because I know that the original Chinese writing was so good.
Characters: 4/5 really liked
There were many characters who had their own story and motivations. The many "main" side-characters were so fleshed-out that I could edit the book to make any one of them the main character of a 500,000-word long book. Overall very good. However, none of these characters were truly stand-out characters that I will remember for the rest of my life, and so I cannot give these a 5/5 rating. These are consistently good, even up to the point where I quit. The characters are constantly built upon and expanded as the story goes on; that is what much of the word count ends up being and part of why the story is relatively slow throughout.
World: 4/5 really liked
The world is clearly-explained and straightforward. It is also easy to keep track of where things are, since every time one of the kingdoms is mentioned, its cardinal relation to the central empire is mentioned. There are various political and religious groups which overlap. The world is complex and epic. This is the other place where an unusual amount of words go toward. In the second half of the book, more words go toward describing geopolitics and wars than before, which is part of why it seems to slow down and get more boring for me. Once again, the world is stellar through the end of the book, and I didn't quit because of any drop in world quality or anything. (Do note that what I find great, you might not find great since I've been reading trashnovels for the past 18 months.)
Story: 4/5 really liked for the first half and then 2/5 okay for the remaining half. This will be evaluated across multiple categories because the book is that enourmous.
Pacing: too slow in the second half
You might be thinking: "Alex, why would you quit a book that was so good just because the story dropped down to a 2/5 fo you? I know you've read through entire other books with 2/5 stories just because the characters were a 4/5." To that I say: this book is so long. You don't understand how long it is. This is one of the longest books I have ever read. It's like reading the entire Harry Potter series four times. Imagine you were reading Harry Potter but the last book was the length of all the previous books combined but only had one-book's worth of content. Now imagine that every book is 4x longer. That's what we are dealing with here. It's still a fantastic story, but I can't find the needed 30 hours in my life to finish this story :(((((
As meaty fantasy: amazing throughout
This book is more meaty than even Lord of the Rings. It is the perfect storm of an author who knows how to use word-count to make a story and a high word-count. The world and characters are amazing and the plot is expansive. The terrific political and religious groups interact well, and I haad no complaints about realism throughout. (Remember that this is a wuxia C-novel, and so what constitutes expected and realistic interactions differ.)
As power-fantasy: great when there is face-slapping, but there isn't much
This is a normal novel in that the main character struggles a lot. There were only two instances of the main character being really epic in the 90 hours I spent reading it. Those were fantastic. I mean absolutely wonderful. I LIVE FOR STUFF LIKE THAT. However, if I was reading just for that, it wouldn't be worth the 90 hours.
As romance: shallow
It is better than most xianxia, but it is still bad. You know what I mean. As a friend pointed out to me recently, romance only really works in books if you can imagine the pairing working out in real life, and this one is something I could never imagine actually working out.
Conclusion:
BE INTENTIONAL WHEN DECIDING TO READ THIS BOOK. It is a fantastic book throughout, despite my complaints. It will be my eternal regret that I started this when I was too busy and so did not have the free time to relaxedly finish.
Just like with Mao Ni's other book Ze Tian Ji, I will write out a summary below. However, it would take too long to write a summary which would allow me to catch up. Instead, I will write a summary to help fellow quitters like me find closure.
January 12, 2023
The drama was great too, but perhaps season 1.
August 2, 2023
Did I enjoy reading the novel? Some of it. Maybe half of it. Would I re-read the novel to re-live the thrill? Yes, some parts of it.
What to love: the character of Ning Que. The dialogue. The fight scenes (the best part of this novel).
What is iffy: the plot. I pretty much had to skip the fifth volume, and only skimmed and scanned the 6th volume.
What I did not like: the harsh portrayal and commentary on Buddhism; the author's attempt to espouse his own theories on spirituality.
What to love: the character of Ning Que. The dialogue. The fight scenes (the best part of this novel).
What is iffy: the plot. I pretty much had to skip the fifth volume, and only skimmed and scanned the 6th volume.
What I did not like: the harsh portrayal and commentary on Buddhism; the author's attempt to espouse his own theories on spirituality.
April 27, 2023
what kind of the final scene is that?????
if we ignore this and that it was interesting read
if we ignore this and that it was interesting read
May 28, 2020
novelnya terlalu panjang. tidak semua sanggup saya baca. khas chinese web novel yang chapternya ada ribuan. yang ini 1118 chapter!
baca novel ini karena penasaran dengan kelanjutan kisahnya setelah nonton versi adaptasi dramanya yang dikasi judul evernight. season 1-nya bagus pake banget. sayang season 2-nya jauh dari ekspektasi. banyak aktor yang diganti. termasuk lead male-nya yang ga bisa bener bener masuk ke karakter yang diperankannya. berbeda dengan lead male season 1 yang sampe bikin penonton pada komen, ning que itu ya chen feiyu
ada banyak hal yang membuat novel ini menarik. tulisan acak ini dibuat untuk mengingat hal hal yang ga mau dilupakan dari novel ini
tema yang diangkatnya ga biasa. intinya masih tentang baik vs buruk. tapi sisi yang diangkatnya menarik. digambarkan bahwa di dunia kadang baik dan buruk membuat orang yang mengejar kebaikan sekalipun bisa tertipu oleh topeng topeng kebaikan. dibutuhkan pikiran yang selalu waras dan kritis agar selamat. baik dan buruk digambarkan dinamis. dan bukan milik golongan tertentu. manusia berkembang, berpikir, dan belajar dari pengalaman
dialog di novelnya kadang berat dan filosofis, menggugat apa yang sudah mapan. ada 3 pihak yang saling diperhadapkan. pengikut taoisme, pengikut buddhisme, pengikut akal kritis. masing masing dengan idealismenya. penulisnya cukup berani mengangkat hal hal yang mungkin tabu terkait konsep konsep keyakinan. diperhadapkannya dengan sudut pandang kritis n sekuler
karena belum lama ini saya baca beberapa buku aristoteles n plato, sepertinya saya nemu banyak konsep yang diambil dari prinsip prinsip keduanya dalam inti dialognya (yang masih bisa diingat ada disinggung tentang konsep konsep metafisika, rule of the world, konsep keadilan plato. bahkan ada sisipan teori machiavelli). saya pikir penulis novel ini bacaannya luas. ga cuma modal kisah perebutan kekuasaan ato kisah bucin :D
yang paling berkesan lainnya adalah konsep akademi yang egaliter dan mengajarkan liberal art dalam pengertian yang sesungguhnya. akademi dipimpin fu ze (mungkin diambil dari nama kong fuzi/confucius?). murid di akademi datang dari berbagai latar belakang. di akademi mereka boleh belajar sesuai bakat masing masing. mengembangkan apa yang jadi kekuatannya. berpikir kritis dan mandiri adalah pegangan paling utama. fu ze waktu mudanya keliling dunia dan kerjaannya ngumpulin buku dari berbagai tempat. di akademi buku apa aja ada. asal mau bacanya
terakhir, kisah cinta di novel ini juga digambarkan berbeda. di sini cinta digambarkan memiliki makna yang dalam. cinta adalah saling melengkapi. cinta adalah kebersamaan. cinta adalah saling menjaga. cinta adalah saling mengisi. setelah baca novel ini, semua kisah cinta sebucin ato seromantis apapun lewat :D
oh ya, masih ada satu lagi yang ga terlupakan dari novel ini. di dalamnya ada banyak karakter kuat dan menarik. selain fu ze, saya terkesan dengan sosok 1st brother, 2nd brother, 3rd sister di akademi. juga old chao xiaoshu. masing masing dengan idealismenya
sepertinya itu dulu yang bisa diingat. tadinya masih mau coba menuntaskan bab demi bab yang dilongkap bacanya, makanya disimpan di rak sedang dibaca. tapi sepertinya belum tentu bisa kebaca lagi tahun ini. jadi lebih baik dimasukan ke rak yang udah dibaca. buat menenangkan hati. seenggaknya nambah daftar completed reading tahun ini :D
717 & 986
baca novel ini karena penasaran dengan kelanjutan kisahnya setelah nonton versi adaptasi dramanya yang dikasi judul evernight. season 1-nya bagus pake banget. sayang season 2-nya jauh dari ekspektasi. banyak aktor yang diganti. termasuk lead male-nya yang ga bisa bener bener masuk ke karakter yang diperankannya. berbeda dengan lead male season 1 yang sampe bikin penonton pada komen, ning que itu ya chen feiyu
ada banyak hal yang membuat novel ini menarik. tulisan acak ini dibuat untuk mengingat hal hal yang ga mau dilupakan dari novel ini
tema yang diangkatnya ga biasa. intinya masih tentang baik vs buruk. tapi sisi yang diangkatnya menarik. digambarkan bahwa di dunia kadang baik dan buruk membuat orang yang mengejar kebaikan sekalipun bisa tertipu oleh topeng topeng kebaikan. dibutuhkan pikiran yang selalu waras dan kritis agar selamat. baik dan buruk digambarkan dinamis. dan bukan milik golongan tertentu. manusia berkembang, berpikir, dan belajar dari pengalaman
dialog di novelnya kadang berat dan filosofis, menggugat apa yang sudah mapan. ada 3 pihak yang saling diperhadapkan. pengikut taoisme, pengikut buddhisme, pengikut akal kritis. masing masing dengan idealismenya. penulisnya cukup berani mengangkat hal hal yang mungkin tabu terkait konsep konsep keyakinan. diperhadapkannya dengan sudut pandang kritis n sekuler
karena belum lama ini saya baca beberapa buku aristoteles n plato, sepertinya saya nemu banyak konsep yang diambil dari prinsip prinsip keduanya dalam inti dialognya (yang masih bisa diingat ada disinggung tentang konsep konsep metafisika, rule of the world, konsep keadilan plato. bahkan ada sisipan teori machiavelli). saya pikir penulis novel ini bacaannya luas. ga cuma modal kisah perebutan kekuasaan ato kisah bucin :D
yang paling berkesan lainnya adalah konsep akademi yang egaliter dan mengajarkan liberal art dalam pengertian yang sesungguhnya. akademi dipimpin fu ze (mungkin diambil dari nama kong fuzi/confucius?). murid di akademi datang dari berbagai latar belakang. di akademi mereka boleh belajar sesuai bakat masing masing. mengembangkan apa yang jadi kekuatannya. berpikir kritis dan mandiri adalah pegangan paling utama. fu ze waktu mudanya keliling dunia dan kerjaannya ngumpulin buku dari berbagai tempat. di akademi buku apa aja ada. asal mau bacanya
terakhir, kisah cinta di novel ini juga digambarkan berbeda. di sini cinta digambarkan memiliki makna yang dalam. cinta adalah saling melengkapi. cinta adalah kebersamaan. cinta adalah saling menjaga. cinta adalah saling mengisi. setelah baca novel ini, semua kisah cinta sebucin ato seromantis apapun lewat :D
oh ya, masih ada satu lagi yang ga terlupakan dari novel ini. di dalamnya ada banyak karakter kuat dan menarik. selain fu ze, saya terkesan dengan sosok 1st brother, 2nd brother, 3rd sister di akademi. juga old chao xiaoshu. masing masing dengan idealismenya
sepertinya itu dulu yang bisa diingat. tadinya masih mau coba menuntaskan bab demi bab yang dilongkap bacanya, makanya disimpan di rak sedang dibaca. tapi sepertinya belum tentu bisa kebaca lagi tahun ini. jadi lebih baik dimasukan ke rak yang udah dibaca. buat menenangkan hati. seenggaknya nambah daftar completed reading tahun ini :D
717 & 986
August 24, 2021
Mao Ni's book, Nightfall, was a delightful surprise for me. I can't remember what incited me to read the book in the first place, but I'm glad I ended up doing so. The writing is astounding. To truly enjoy this book, you have to read slowly and take in every sentence. Take your time. If you looking for something super fast paced, action right after action, this isn't for you. However, if you want quality writing that makes you feel, astounding characters - truly astounding supporting characters - then this is for you. One might even argue, that much of the impressiveness of the book falls onto the side character, since they make wonderful rivals or companions for the main character.
Ning Que - the main character - can be summarised in three words, shameless, cold-blooded and smart. Yet, his cold-bloodedness is not so obvious, until something draws it out. Otherwise, he's just acts like shameless, amusing fool.
The action scenes are simply compelling, one of the few ones that I thoroughly enjoyed. Don't get me wrong, I love action books, but often the action scenes are so bland or confusing, I'd rather just skim over them.
The dialogue is wonderful and the translation is equally astounding.
Take you time and enjoy it. You'll get sucked in sooner or later.
Ning Que - the main character - can be summarised in three words, shameless, cold-blooded and smart. Yet, his cold-bloodedness is not so obvious, until something draws it out. Otherwise, he's just acts like shameless, amusing fool.
The action scenes are simply compelling, one of the few ones that I thoroughly enjoyed. Don't get me wrong, I love action books, but often the action scenes are so bland or confusing, I'd rather just skim over them.
The dialogue is wonderful and the translation is equally astounding.
Take you time and enjoy it. You'll get sucked in sooner or later.
Want to read
July 14, 2021The story is imaginative. The main male character in the book - Ning Que is selfish, greedy, shameless, and lethal. He has protected and loved the main female character Sang Sang for most of his life. Ning Que is from another world and has lived one or more lifetimes. He and Sang Sang are fated to meet in every lifetime and be together forever. In this story he carries memories of his previous life. This is an epic adventure lived by these two characters while at the same time there relationship moves from Master/Handmaiden to family to lovers to husband and wife. The power in the relationship shifts from Ning Que to Sang Sang and back and forth. Though romance is only about 10% of the book - there love for each is displayed throughout. The writing degrades towards the end but wow what a story.
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December 8, 2020
This is just a review of the first book of Nightfall.
It's pretty good, loses a star because after you get used to Mao Ni you definitely notice how he drags out his plots and keeps everything as slow paced as possible but doesn't lose any more stars because the underlying writing and plotting is so good.
It's pretty good, loses a star because after you get used to Mao Ni you definitely notice how he drags out his plots and keeps everything as slow paced as possible but doesn't lose any more stars because the underlying writing and plotting is so good.
May 31, 2015
貓膩功力越來越好，這本書雖然有點拖，但是不管劇情、人物、格局都甚佳，引人入勝。
December 13, 2018
The story is good. Might be a lit too long.
March 17, 2020
skim it
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