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DNF at page 313 / 494. You can't say I didn't give it the old college try. And it is probably more of a mismatch than anything else. But still, my opinion is valid so I'm counting it.

I thought this would be very interesting since it is inspired by Song Cí, considered to be the founding father of CSI-style forensic science. Having a main character whose logical thinking, knowledge of biology, and love of learning and justice making discoveries in ancient times sounds absolutely inspirational. Unfortunately, I overestimated my ability to get past ancient Chinese culture, a contemptible setting -- for me, anyway. Kudos to me for giving it a try, in case that was just some youthful impression lacking wisdom. But no, I just can't.

Ci is one-dimensional, and bounces from one bad decision to another. His luck is as bad as his decisions. He doesn't raise the concept of the book above the distaste of everything around him. The entire society is corrupt. What a turn-off.

I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but if you like this sort of thing, maybe you'd be one of those 4 star people. And if so, be forewarned that it's almost 500 pages. Ugh.