loved the story the only real complaint that I can think of is that the narrator would say tong fa instead of pronouncing it as tonfa
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Western Friendly-fied Wuxia Cultivation Series
Review from A Thousand Li: The First Step: A Cultivation Novel →
This is a pretty standard cultivation or wu-xia story with a lot of the tropes cut down or explained in unusual detail to make the story more accessible to Western audiences unfamiliar with the genre. This type of story is, in the current Chinese market, a rough equivalent to US pre-comic pulp era superhero stories…
I so wanted our protagonist to select the herbal line of work when it was offered, and when he picked elsewhere, well, nothing more boring than reading about wrestling, unless you are a wrestler…but a turn of the plot made the book much more appealing. I consider this fairly light reading that doesn’t require my..
Great adventure!
Review from Unsouled →
unsatisfied with ending
Review from Uncrowned →
another amazing part to the story
Review from Skysworn →
Great start to the series!
Review from Unsouled →
Compelling characters, an unlikely hero you actually want to root for, a complex yet easily understood magic/fighting system, and a thoughtful plot. What’s not to love? Baldree did a great job narrating, but the drone at the end of his sentences grew tiresome towards the end. Not sure if that was for dramatic effect, but..
Almost missed this gem. glad I didnt!
Review from Unsouled →





