Remnants of Filth: Yuwu (Novel) Vol. 2

3,75☆ This took me a while longer to finish than vol. 1 and I have to say it was a bit boring in the middle 😅 I get that certain things take time to develop, but it felt a bit repetitive at times, and I really want to know how this betrayal came to be, so I got a bit impatient. Still, it was a good volume, and the cover of volume 3 looks more dramatic, so I am excited for that 👀 The volume was essentially 3 arcs. First, the whole thing about Li Qingqian. Very sad flashback. Felt so sorry them 🥲 I bet that mysterious Guoshi will appear again (and I have an idea who it might be). The "conclusion" of that was very interesting, and I hope we find out more soon 👀 Then, the middle was basically daily life stuff with Gu Mang getting used to his new place and becoming less feral 😅 As I said, this was the part where I got a bit bored because it was also kinda repetitive, with Mo Xi lamenting about the same frustrations again and again (which I totally get, but reading it was still a bit exhausting). The end was way more interesting with Gu Mangs' memories and stuff. I also surprisingly really liked Princess Mengze. With what we heard about her before and what everyone is suspecting about her relationship with Mo Xi, I expected there to be some kind of drama, but she is not about that. I like how direct and genuine she seems and wonder if she'll have a bigger role in the series. Well, I always heard this series is super sad, but so far, I haven't cried. Maybe in the next volume 👀

Ich bin gerade zu sprachlos um irgendetwas sinnvolles zu schreiben. Nein, dieses Buch… diese Reihe einfach phänomenal. In diesem Buch kam ich zwar relativ schwierig rein aber dennoch, omg. Ich bin wieder so froh den 3. Band schon zuhause liegen habe. Mo Xi und Gu Mang. Gu Mang und Mo Xi… Ich liebe die Constellation zwischen den beiden hasse sie aber gleichzeitig auch. Zu Mo Xi habe ich so ne gespaltene Meinung und Gu Mang tut mir einfach nur leid. Es tut mir echt leid aber ich finde keine Worte mehr um dieses Meisterwerk vom Buch gerecht zu werden. Es hat mich zu fest geflasht überrumpelt und zertrampelt mit all dieses Geschehnissen und vor allem dieser letzte Satz. I‘m not even kidding, dieser letzte Satz vom Buch zerstörte mich. Innerlich wie auch äusserlich. Nochmal sage ich: Wer diese Reihe nicht liest verpasst was, was grosses. Way too underrated!!!

Im 2. Band geht es mit der Geschichte um Mo Xi und Gu Mang weiter. Auch dieser Band ist wieder sehr ausführlich geschrieben, ebenfalls mit Verweisen auf Fußboten und Glossar. Und auch dieser Band endet mit einem Cliffhanger, wie soll es sonst anders sein. 🙈😂