You get characters named Brad and Dillon fighting over the town of Wushan, the mix of Chinese customs with modern swear words (“you can all f*ck off” and people calling each other “bros”) creating a very dissonant world building that neither captures the majesty of ancient China nor the modernity of current civilization. Then we have the modern westernization that permeates the prose which does not gel well with the Chinese themed setting. I believe the cause is that the translation is more literal rather than qualitative. In many occasions, it felt very abrupt both at the start and at the end of the dialogue making it hard to establish a confluence between the dialogue, the context and the prose. So at times, I was unsure on whether the dialogue was spoken in anger or respect or sarcasm. The dialogue is stilted and often the emotions behind the dialogue wasn’t translated. Though the translation captures the content well, it does not flow smoothly in English. This is a translated novel, and so comes with a heavy baggage of peeves that struck me quite hard when I started this series.
Let me start off on why many readers would be instantly put off when starting this… The legend of Linley Baruch.Ī highly divisive series that forced me to get over many of my peeves, but one that was worth it all! I simply loved this! Dragons do not easily die, and neither do the dragonblooded.Ĭome witness a new legend in the making. Their prospects seem dire… and yet, perhaps some power still remains within the veins of the clan. Their fame once shook the world, but the clan is now so decrepit that even the heirlooms of the clan have been sold off. Raised in the small town of Wushan, Linley is a scion of the Baruch clan, the clan of the once-legendary Dragonblood Warriors.
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