>mechas in ancient China
>huh, this sounds interesting
>better read some reviews so that I don't waste my time and/or money
>"Thank you [author] for representing polyamory in your book"
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that’s what you get for reading YA moron
>YA
>Female author
>Canadian
I'm sorry you got your hopes up anon.
like a harem?
Here are some snippets from Goodreads reviews:
>rep: Chinese-coded cast & setting, disabled bi mc, bi mcs, polyamory
>Villains can be defeated, though, and Wu Zetian takes great pleasure in cutting every impersonation of misogyny down, both in a literal, physical sense & by breaking societal norms
>In reality, just like Wu Zetian, both Li Shimin and Gao Yizhi will fight to the death for what they believe in. It’s no wonder then that all of them fall in love with each other. And it’s not simply a case where we get a polyamorous relationship at the very end, just to avoid a love triangle. Instead, it all happens naturally. Each of the characters falls for the other two at their own pace, and even more importantly: they talk about the implications of loving more than one person. There is no jealousy, but instead one boy gently explaining how Wu Zetian loving someone else as well, doesn’t mean she loves him any less
>Polyam instead of love triangles in YA? We stan. The rest of the story left alot to be desired though
>there was romance in here but it was definitely a sub-plot. the main focus was Zetain’s badassery. but polyamory in YA ?!? wow that was refreshing
>Screaming, shaking, shitting my pants, crying, and losing my mind over this book. I came for the polyamorous and stayed for the absolute mind blowingly crafted world that is the Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
You get it
I learnt my lesson
What wrong with that?
>rep: Chinese-coded cast & setting, disabled bi mc, bi mcs, polyamory
Do Goodreadgays really start their reviews with representation quotas?
>He doesn’t want a harem of women that also sex each other up
You autistic zoomers, I swear. You want trad values? Read old books.
It's 2 guys and a girl
Are the dudes banging or not? Are the scenes explicit?
It’s an alien “isekai” culture.
Calm down Mrs. Xiran Jay Zhao. There are people who might not enjoy your books. I still can't accept polyamory and that's why I won't read it
>It’s an alien “isekai” culture
Irrelevant. Would you accept reading a book with bestiality if it was not explicit and practiced by an "isekai" culture?
>why yes, I did think this was a clever post
I don’t think you even read it.
Why would I read something I know I won't enjoy?
The post.
God, you’re stupid.
Probably, I read about the ancient Egyptians all the time.
>three adults consensually banging each other because it's hot is comparable to raping an animal who cannot consent
reminder that we've actually come full circle, the abrahamic religions all practiced polyamory, then it got banned for being perceived as misogynist, and now it's cool again
>because it's hot
Thank you for outing yourself as a coomer
>the abrahamic religions all practiced polyamory
I'd argue it was more like polygyny
Perhaps, but the point is they weren't strictly monogamous.
Polyamory isn't bad in itself, it's only bad when it isn't one man with multiple women.
That isn’t bad if you’re a a woman or a bisexual male.
You think the person you're replying to thinks bisexual men exist?
>claims to be a retelling of Empress Dowanger
>uses historical facts and ideas
>End of first chapter
>Completely shits on the entire history and figure then writes whatever western sentiments and stereotypes from western asian b***hes
Holy shit what a shitshow.
Whenever hyphenated americans try to act like experts about their country of origin it reminds me of that part from the Sopranos where Paulie visits Italy.
She's apparently raised in China, but her writing has none of the Chinese subtleties or Buddhist influences that dominate Chinese culture
Modern China is garbage however hence why so many leave. People left the old country because the old country sucked. Now the people who lacked the balls to leave pretend that cowardice amounts to some kind of virtue. In reality the new worlders are just superior to their lesser troglodytic brethren due to the mixed method approach to life that contact with other cultures bring. A new worlder has nothing to learn from the old world while the old world would be wise to learn from their betters.
The chick who wrote this pops up on my YouTube all the time. She’s fricking hideous.
Why are these books always have a sort of "sexual" tone in nature, and never explore ideas with anything in our world beyond a surface level?
Have people just become shallow meatsacks or something?
>Why are these books always have a sort of "sexual" tone in nature
because theyre all written by sex obsessed homosexuals
polyamory in any modern book is almost always going to be stupid and just an excuse for some character to be a total prostitute. only time this wouldn't be the case was if it was based off some religious practice or historical thing that happened, but even then it most likely gets hit with the zoomer ray and loses all meaning. it just sets a bad example for the youth. my nephew goes to high school and he was telling me about his girlfriend who had been reading all this chick flick YA bullshit and was trying to convince him into letting her have a polyamorous relationship. he pretty adamantly refused but found out not too much later that she had already had a polyamorous "relationship" with half the seniors at that school while they were going out. suffice to say he wasn't too ok with it.
Polyamory is peak degeneracy and goes against God’s perfect design for human sexuality. Libs are going straight into the fiery pit.
Abraham went to hell?
i want to write a novel about mechs in napoleonic france now
Is this book just a copy of Kill la kill or some other anime?
even worse. She borrowed Darling in the Franxx.
This has to be some of the cringiest shit I have read in a long time.
It feels like it was written by a 15 year old.
Why does all Chinese lit look so indescribably soulless
For the stuff that's translated from Chinese that might be because it's hard to translate well between two languages that are so radically different.
I don't think it can be considered Chinese literature, just set in China or Chinese-inspired, even if Xiran Jay Zhao was born in China
Heh
>the author uses they/them pronouns
That settles it. Don't waste your time, anons
in ancient China
>>huh, this sounds interesting
This is my favorite one. This is supposed to be an alternative history to 600's China, and it feels like it was written in the modern era with no research or care of the past. Even the language they speak sounds modern.
>chinese
>nine tailed fox
Why did she use Japanese culture for her mecha suit? I get mecha suits are mostly Japanese in the first place, but why would the empress of china do that? There's tons of Chinese myths to use. hell even the monkey king if you're lazy
The dialogue isn't 'really' in English anyway, it's presumably 'actually' in Middle Chinese and what we're reading is a translation anyway. Do you want it should be in 600s-era English? That would be completely incomprehensible to modern readers.
Apparently it originates from Chinese mythology:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-tailed_fox
None of this is to say this book as a whole is necessarily good; it probably still sucks. But if you're going to criticize it, at least make criticisms that are based in reality and make sense.
That’s what you get for reading modern leftist Chink-slop. This is no different to those gay “wuxia/cultivation” novels.
Are there chinks on /chinklit/ being forcefed some reeducated western-born gweilo's rebranded Mandarin Star Wars novels and wondering why we can't produce anything worth reading, or is it just us?
Probably. Or eating up the Hanslop.
Why westerners can't produce anything new, uhhhh spengler something something subscribe to my substack.
I have this half-finished in my "To Read" pile.
It's sold tens of thousands of copies and has a movie deal.