Yeah, even the ending of the first book I wouldn't really call "happy"...sure Zhu and Ouyang get what they want, but at what cost?
Personally I found Ouyang an interesting character--I was really intrigued by his internal contradictions and I think his POV on the Mongol side of events gave better perspective on the overall story. I see why Parker-Chan didn't include his POV from the start, but I also see how it could be jarring to readers to suddenly have a second POV character in there.
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Date: 2023-06-23 09:52 pm (UTC)Personally I found Ouyang an interesting character--I was really intrigued by his internal contradictions and I think his POV on the Mongol side of events gave better perspective on the overall story. I see why Parker-Chan didn't include his POV from the start, but I also see how it could be jarring to readers to suddenly have a second POV character in there.