Cang's Ramblings

Chapter 899 895. Comments on "1625 Frozen Empire"

Hello everyone, I am Cang Yiwei.

Today I would like to recommend a completed historical novel to you.

"1625 Frozen Empire", Long Yinsen, level 3 author.

Category: History - Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

【Introduction】

This is a vast land
Birch, cedar, and fir trees stand side by side
Grasslands, forests, and tundra are scattered all over the place.
Rivers, lakes, swamps, where people are

Sables, gray wolves, and black bears roam the area.
Black oil, black iron, black coal, densely packed
Use dogs, deer, and horses as you wish

Hunting, fishing, nomadism, isn't it a pleasure?
Ewenki, Oroqen, Daur,

Yakutia, Qirghiz, Kazakhs,

Russia, Cossacks, Khalkha,

Jurchen, Khorchin, Chahar,

Throughout,

A son of a Han merchant suddenly appeared.

In this vast land,
What can he do?
A thrilling legend,

Coming soon!

【Brief Comment】

He has four books under his name: "Legend of the Beautiful Boy in the Late Ming Dynasty", "Mo Tang", "1625 Frozen Empire" and "True Peach Blossom Stone Empire", all of which are historical novels.

Unfortunately, none of them have become masterpieces.

I thought about it carefully and it may have a lot to do with his choice of historical period.

Because he chose some very unpopular historical periods or very unpopular historical figures. Of course, it may be because his story and important historical plots are not well chosen.

Today's book mainly tells the story of the protagonist Nikan, which means Han people. He is the son of a Han merchant. He wanders to the grassland area, grows and rises among various tribes, causing an extraordinary historical process.

This book is very difficult to read. The writing style used at the beginning is a group portrait flow, which is a hammer here and a hammer there. It is easy for readers to get lost in the characters that keep appearing. The names of these characters are particularly difficult to pronounce.

Therefore, within the golden ten chapters, it is difficult for readers to understand what the story is about.

Of course, after a closer look, you can still find that the story revolves around the changes in the situation of several tribes around Nerchinsk, that is, the birthplace of the protagonist, the explanation of his identity, the various difficulties he will encounter when he goes south, and so on.

Later, the story begins to revolve around the development of historical figures of the Qing Dynasty such as Dorgon, which makes the sense of substitution slightly better. In the end, the protagonist actually became the emperor, and even the emperor emeritus.

His writing style is naturally a thankless job, so no results will be seen in a short time, resulting in the loss of many readers.

However, his perseverance is worthy of praise. He actually wrote 353 million words, which can be regarded as a relatively close description of the development of the northern tribes in his mind. His new book still uses the same protagonist name, Sun Xiurong, but unfortunately the response is even worse.

From this we can see that historical novels are difficult to write. If the market cannot be accurately grasped, it may easily become a work that is written for passion.

Anyway, I didn’t enjoy it very much myself, and I hope more friends will read it and see if they can grasp the ideas and stories that the author wants to express.

【to sum up】

Writing is not easy, so cherish every moment.

I’m Cang Yiwei, and I’m here to promote “Cang’s Ramblings”.

Welcome to the paradise of book reviews.

【Cang's Ramblings】

This book is one of the few that I find difficult to immerse myself in. First of all, the names of the characters, although very real, are really not easy to remember.

A large number of ethnic names, with several of them mentioned at once, give people a sense of oppression, forcing them to push them away with both hands and refuse entry.

The book is good, but unfortunately its audience is a bit narrow.

(End of this chapter)