I was thrilled to be diving into this novel, as you probably know the original books are some of my absolute favorites, but I was still surprised how much this novel recaptured for me the feelings of reading its predecessors. This novel extends past the conclusion of Death’s End, while also filling in backstory for its key characters that would have taken place during the earlier books. Baoshu’s writing maintains Liu’s style, and I delighted in the walls of dialogue, and the wild unimaginable directions he took the story, which still somehow felt so perfectly correct. Absolutely completely LOVED!