Originally Posted by
fastclock
Separately,
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If you read the XSFH first, when you read Young Flying Fox - you'd know that Hu Fei would end up with noone. So that will spoil some things too.
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Both are meant to be able to be read separately on its own.
XSFH certainly is a very deceptive book, meant to confuse the readers, who are really good in the story and who are bad - and maybe... if you had read Young Flying Fox first - you'd be able to guess quicker.
As of now, I'd probably read Young Flying Fox first, and then use XSFH as sort of the epilogue. I don't remember which order I read it first, but in the end I don't think it really matters.