A Snake Lies Waiting
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THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD. "Jin Yong's work, in the Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural currency roughly equal to that of "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" combined" Nick Frisch, New Yorker "Like every fairy tale you're ever loved, imbued with jokes and epic grandeur. Prepare to be swept along." Jamie Buxton, Daily Mail China: 1200 A.D. Guo Jing has confronted Apothecary Huang, his sweetheart Lotus' father, on Peach Blossom Island, and bested the villainous Gallant Ouyang in three trials to win her hand in marriage. But now, along with his sworn brother, Zhou Botong of the Quanzhen Sect, and his shifu, Count Seven Hong, Chief of the Beggar Clan, he has walked into a trap. Tricked by Huang into boarding a unseaworthy barge, they will surely drown unless Lotus - who has overheard her father's plans - can find a way to save them. Yet even if they are to survive the voyage, great dangers lie in wait on the mainland. The Jin Prince Wanyan Honglie has gathered a band of unscrupulous warriors to aid him in his search for the lost writings of the Great Song patriot General Yue Fei. If he is successful, the Jin armies will gain the key to total victory over the Song Empire, condemning Guo Jing's countrymen to centuries of servitude. Translated from the Chinese by Anna Holmwood and Gigi Chang
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4 primary booksThe Legend of the Condor Heroes
The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1957 with contributions by Jin Yong.
Series
9 released booksThe Condor Trilogy
The Condor Trilogy is a 9-book series first released in 1957 with contributions by Jin Yong and Yong Jin.
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I didn't take too long this time to start the third book after finishing the second because A Heart Divided ended on quite a tense note and I wanted to know what was gonna happen next.
I think I enjoyed this book more in first 30-40% on the ships and the remote island. The confrontations between Count Seven Hong, Guo Jing and the Ouyangs was fun to read about and it was interesting to see how the tides kept changing in each of their favor quite frequently. But some of the middle part felt boring because of the whole eavesdropping from a secret room in the inn setting, especially because drastic things kept happening outside and I just couldn't grapple with Lotus's reactions. I agree she is playful and doesn't care about anyone, but she just came across as cavalier of other people's lives sometimes. I also hated that the good guys kept being good and even helping the bad guys, despite only getting treachery in return every single time - it just felt so pointless if the bad guys were always gonna get the upper hand because the good guys couldn't comprehend their evil. Yang Kang is ofcourse devious as hell and I pity Mercy for always falling for his charms.
I know there's only one book left now and I'm very excited to get to the final portion of this story, but I hope the good guys get more smart and don't fall for the evil ones all the time. I have a basic idea of how the story ends but I am eager to see how we reach there.
