妖怪客棧1

姑獲鳥的紛爭 , #1

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Paperback, 248 pages

Chinese language

Published Sept. 5, 2019 by 悅智文化.

ISBN:
978-986-7018-33-5
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4 stars (1 review)

《妖怪客棧》是上海火雀文化傳媒有限公司旗下少年小說品牌,由作家楊翠創作,被譽為中國第一部“東方文化幻想”少年小說。

作品秉承“承擔責任才是真勇敢,包容他人才是真強大”的正能量,得到300位專家學者的口碑認證,為中國少年帶來東方文化幻想閱讀體驗。

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Fun fantasy novel

4 stars

I read this novel mostly to improve my Chinese proficiency. It was great for this purpose. The target audience is tweens I think. Children aged about 9-13. So the language is simple, the narration has a good flow, it's all quite easy to follow. Occasionally I didn't understand a detail or two, but that's fine. The book (first of a series) is set in a harry potter-like setting where the normal, human world is secretly inhabited by supernatural creatures that also have their own spaces and realms. The supernatural elements are all borrowed from Chinese literary tradition, especially the Shan Hai Jing. The book really invites the Harry Potter comparison, the little boy protagonist's female friend even has Hermione's exact personality. I did wonder about one thing: the protagonist, Zhixiao, inherits the "monster inn" from his father who died, that's what sets the plot in motion. But there is no …