"Daughter of the Moon Goddess" First Impressions *No Spoilers*

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Come talk about your initial, general impressions!

Please save all discussion of particulars, details from the story, character choices, plot questions, etc. for the full spoiler thread.

Content warnings for those who want them: (view spoiler)[ misogyny, attempted sexual assault, sexual harassment, blood & gore, loss of loved ones, torture mentioned, kidnapping & captivity, fire, war (hide spoiler)] from Trigger Warning Database. (More about CWs here.)

[Silvana]

Read the first few chapters, cool myth and all, I can already imagine the hanfu costumes if this novel is adapted into a drama, but I have a feeling I will have issues with the MC. Let's see.

[Anna]

I'm a bad mod and will wait a couple of weeks until the sequel is out :)

[〰️Beth〰️]

I read this early this year. Looking forward to the discussion and the sequel.

[Raucous]

Silvana wrote: "Read the first few chapters, cool myth and all, I can already imagine the hanfu costumes if this novel is adapted into a drama, but I have a feeling I will have issues with the MC. Let's see."

I didn't know what "hanfu costumes" meant until you mentioned them and I looked it up. Yeah - those descriptions in the book are particularly vivid and that's spot on.

I'm not sure about MC either.

[Kirsten]

I'm still in the middle of this. But I'm loving it so far. Some great world building. Makes me want to find a book of Chinese myths.

[〰️Beth〰️]

Kirsten wrote: "I'm still in the middle of this. But I'm loving it so far. Some great world building. Makes me want to find a book of Chinese myths."

I agree on both the world building and reading more Chinese myths.

[Kazu]

Probably love the trope based on the blurb (it's so well written) and pretty fanarts <3

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I like the detailing of the characters, but I'm finding the book a little slow so far.

[Ann]

I'm at chapter 6 and enjoying this so far, I hope we get to visit all the realms that are shown on the map! I agree with the others, I need more exposure to Chinese myths.

[A]

Mary Teresa wrote: "I like the detailing of the characters, but I'm finding the book a little slow so far."

I agree with you, but it's definitely picking up (I'm now a little past the middle mark). I'm loving the mythical creatures that are included so far!

[Ellen]

Love the cover. Finished first 5 chapters and am liking it so far.

[Alexandra]

I am about 15% in :) I like it so far - the writing and the images it brings to mind. I have not seen many Chinese films, but enough to put the “right” kind of imagery in front of me. I don’t like the MC much, but that might change… (When I started reading “The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea” earlier this year, I fell for the MC immediately.)

[Sabrina]

I started listening to the audio book. The story is beautifully told; such a nice voice for the flowery language! But I fear that it might be a bit too predictable and cheesy, so I am hoping for some more depth.

[Janice (JG)]

I'm about half way through, and I think it is a sweet fantasy that is not as engrossing as I'd hoped, but like Sabrina said, the prose is quite lovely and makes the reading a pleasure so far.