Has anyone read this novel? I just finished it and am surprised that this one reads a bit like a Jin Yong novel. I guess it must be one of GL's earlier works. (I have read the LXF series and Flying Dagger Lee, both of which are distinctly different from JY stuff)
The beginning was great, but I thought the ending was lame. The main character gets trapped underground for the last quarter of the novel and does nothing. He's presumed to be dead. The other main character is also presumed dead, and the female lead is in a comatose state, so the final parts of the novels are carried by secondary characters. Meanwhile the "big secret" was nothing to write home about. Plus, the ending was left open.
The Leng Qing Ping character was really tortured in this novel... I wish GL could have given her ONE break.