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I am finally finished this incredibly long novel! This book was harder to get through compared to Legend of the Condor Heroes and Return of the Condor Heroes. The story didn't draw me in and after about the half way mark, I was mostly skimming the story. As a book, I'd say that this one was the weakest of the trilogy.

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I'm finally finished this book! Legend of the Condor Heroes is the first book to the Condor Trilogy, which is one of Louis Cha's most popular works. Louis Cha is often regarded as the father of the Wuxia genre of Chinese literature. So this book definitely helped me to understand the genre more.

I found this book to be somewhat "fairy tale" like. I'll describe it more under the cut. Overall, I'd recommend it for people who are looking for an intro to the Wuxia genre, and don't mind gullible and overly righteous characters.

This is a no-edit write up so sorry for any sloppy writing XD And there are spoilers!

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