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evie-doesnt-write · 2 months

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My unpopular opinion is that TGCF is the weakest out of all MXTX books (maybe because she didn’t get to edit it until recently unlike the other two). I still love it and it’s an amazing piece of work but as a narrative, its structure is not as strong as the other two (though I think TGCF is stronger in other regards)

#mdzs is strongest obviously #it has the most consistent story and flows the best #one problem tgcf has (which pains me to call a problem)#is too much focus and information on side-characters #ofc everyone including me loves that we know so much of everyone and got so much of them #but looking at it through narrative lens it ends up making the story messier #mdzs also has a lot of side characters but they feel balanced according to their role #like imagine if we got as much information on nhs nmj jzx oyzz ljy and all the other obscure side characters as we did for jgy and xy #that’s tgcf #which i love because all the characters are so complex and very dear to my heart (I don’t think i disliked a single one) and their parallels #but argubly we didn’t need them all (even though I wouldn’t change it because i like having them all)#don’t get me wrong it’s still an amazing novel and i enjoyed it a lot #and it’s not fair to judge it because it’s unedited #but i think it’s worth talking about #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #mxtx

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