The first book I started reading about Mao Ni was "Swordsman in the Snow". I have watched the follow-up films such as "Jiang Ye", "Celebrating More Than Years" and "Jian Ke".
"The Great Way to the Sky" tells the story of Jing Jiu, a cultivator. Jing Jiu is one of the best masters in the book. Due to a conspiracy, his ascension failed and he was reborn in the second life. He met Zhao Layue. The apprentice in his previous life was so amazing when he first saw it, but when he started traveling, people were confused. I think most people gave up here.
But Mao Ni is Mao Ni after all, and his books are all slow-burning. At first, you may not understand them, but if you calm down and read slowly, it will be better to connect them later. , read it bit by bit, and it’s not the same as the kind of cool text with big jumps.
This book is definitely good. The various plots of "The Great Way to the Sky" are coherent, various foreshadowings, and detailed. However, I do not recommend it to new bookworms, because they may not be able to understand it, and the plot feels empty and boring. ! In addition, there are many pitfalls, so you can only watch patiently while waiting for them to be filled in, and slowly get used to it.
In short, I love Mao Ni’s books and I like Zou Zou’s.
I have read every one of Mao Ni’s novels. In my opinion, the level of his novels was infinitely close to that of Jin Yong and Gu Long. Unfortunately, by "The Great Road to the Sky", it is obvious that this book shows that he has exhausted his talents and there should be no possibility of transcendence.
I guess this book should also be his last full-length online novel.
From now on, Jian Ke will celebrate the night for more than one year, and there will be no more little Fan Xian in the world
Now, I will share with you in detail why I said "The Great Road to the Sky" is tricky The last book.
The once invincible slash theme combination, "The Great Road to the Sky" is no more.
Mao Ni has always had its own unique innovation in the choice of novel themes. And this kind of innovation is called combination.
What does it mean? Let’s start from "The Story of Suzaku". In 2005, this novel was the first to combine modern urban themes with fantasy themes. A poor college student unexpectedly saved the life of Sun Wukong by chance. Such an idea is naturally attractive.
After that, "Celebrating More Than Years" went to a higher level and completed the combination of three themes: science fiction, fantasy, and history.
The TV series adapted from this book is very popular, so I will tell you a few more words here.
The elements of science fiction include Wu Zhu, the sniper rifle, the temple, and Ye Qingmei. The representative element of the fantasy theme is naturally the overbearing zhenqi and the sword everywhere. But everyone found that there was very little description of martial arts practice in the book, and everyone didn't pay much attention to it. The fantasy part was more of a curiosity for us. What really leads readers to read step by step in this book is the historical part.
But which period of history is the book talking about? Classmate Mao Ni is actually very naughty at this time. He made a combination of history itself: the struggle for the throne is the history of the Tang Dynasty, the Inspection and Examination Institute refers to the Jin Yiwei of the Ming Dynasty, and for the overall country distribution, please refer to the map of the Song Dynasty.
After "Celebrating More Than Years", "Jian Ke" is the first time that the theme of martial arts and mecha is combined. As for "Jiang Ye" and "Zhe Tian Ji", Mao Ni is mainly fantasy, combined with historical themes.
But when it comes to "The Great Road to the Sky", Mao Ni's best combination of themes is gone, and the only theme is pure fantasy.
Those funny characters are gone in "The Great Road"
In the TV series "Qing Yu Nian", there are two supporting characters who impressed everyone very deeply, one is Versace and the other is Wang Qinian. The former is original from Mao Ni's book, while the latter is processed by the TV drama screenwriter. But no matter what, this kind of character who specializes in making everyone laugh is an important part of many novels.
After all, the main purpose of these novels is to entertain and entertain everyone.