The mundane life of a teenage girl in an ancient chinese-like aristocracy. Nothing really happens and the MC is just going to school plotting some slow paced revenge. She's also quite unliakable and takes offense by anyone while playing shy. Mundane activities are really descriptive while things that would be thrilling are just said in one line. For example: instead of reading some chapters about HOW she managed to take a small kingdom in 1 month, we just read "She took the kingdom down in 1 month" and that's it. Instead we get several chapters of school days about painting, embroidery, math and etiquete and teenage bantering. If the author is just skimming through parts like wars and fights why even put them in the first place? Just make a full soap opera like revenge/faceslapping tale without action. As long as it's interesting, battles don't matter. Alas, for the chapters I pushed myself to read, it wasn't interesting. Gotta say this is overrated.
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Well, the first few chaps is indeed more like introducing the characters and the main character, so it's more like a slice of life at that time. The battles will only be deeper at volume two and the first volume will focus more on the first revenge part. If the novel is not up to your taste, there's no need to force yourself to read it. Thank you for trying to read it tho, I hope you find a different novel that suited your taste more.
Like I previously said, it's not about the battles but about interesting storytelling. The example of the battle it's because it would be interesting seeing how competent the MC is by reading how she can take a city in one month. Instead we just get told but not shown. The slice of life part is not a problem, as long as there are interesting things happening, be it drama, faceslapping, romance, anything really. My problem with the novel was that the highlight of the school story was paint falling onto a girl's dress and she storming out and missing class in shame for the following days, or that all teenagers want the MC's male version because she's hot. None of which was really interesting. The force myself part was giving the story a chance and waiting for the plot to pick up while reading things that didn't make me want to continue. None of it was meant as an insult, but as an honest review in a website where everyone rates novels as trolls.
I don't think it's an insult, so no worries about it. The battle in the early chapter is just meant as an introduction of her second life, that's why I just skip through it and only focus on them in the latter chapter. Yeah, the first few chapters are more like about the MC life, so that's why it's focusing more on the school and that's actually the start of her plan to get into her father's family. It did start rather random and kind of slow, and at the time I write this (around 5-6 months ago), I still can't make a good suspense and too interesting scene and even now I don't know how to change them anymore, so they are still like that. I got to admit there're still a lot of flaws in this book. It's fine to not continue with the novel since it can't capture you from what you have read so far. Thanks for trying and giving out your thoughts tho.
"how she can take a city in one month" Well, most cities would fall in a month easily when besieged unless specifically stocked up or horribly sieged. All you have to do was wait. Taking a city in 1 month is impressive if you fought off reinforcements but just waiting is something any general could do because soldiers, and civies will surrender when they can't eat.
Try something new and unique - The King's Beloved - i recommend it if you like romance fiction, totally not a cliche story
