The drama becomes plot driven and things begin to happen just to take up screen time.Novel: 听雪楼: 血薇 Listening Snow Tower: Blood RoseĪ story that follows the master of Listening Snow Tower and the woman that he loves. This is one problem with long Wuxia dramas is they get repetitive and we lose character development. As the drama dragged on it seemed to taper off. I felt immersed in the Wuxia world and many of the fight scenes were breathtaking. Overall, I really enjoyed the first few episodes and also the overall feel of the drama. At a certain point I almost lost interest in the drama, but I managed to stick around until the end. She was always getting captured, sick, poisoned, or rescued. I really wanted Shu Jingrong to become an expert swordsman and to be one of the strongest fighters, but she never seemed to quite reach that point. There were times where the Blood Moon sect had only one or two good fighters, but the Listening Snow Tower could never manage to win with five or six strong fighters. I think at some point all the main characters had some sort of obsessive disorder. Characters did things that absolutely made no sense. Traveling through forests to rescue people took minutes. It almost seemed like places in the drama were miles apart, then sometimes hundreds of miles apart. I think it would have been okay if it didn’t happen so often.įinally, the story made absolutely no sense sometimes. Characters would look at each other for long periods of time, stare silently into the distance, or drink tea or wine very slowly before saying a line. After a certain number episodes, talking scenes became repetitive. There were many scenes where I had the urge to fast forward. I think maybe they were aiming for a slow paced and moody drama. The actresses playing Ming He and Xiao Tai were just angry, childish, and sad all the time. The supporting cast were all decent but were just that, supporting cast. Shu Jingrong had a bit more emotion and a bit more range but seemed pretty stiff throughout as well.
He portrayed most of his expressions with his eyes and ended up just switching between two or three types of gazes. Yi Qing seemed to always have a sick and expressionless look. Probably the most change in a character was from Huang Quan. The same things seem to happen over and over again and there was barely any character development. The acting was underwhelming and I couldn’t really get into any character. My main gripes about this show were how slow everything had to be and also how nonsensical the story got all the time. The music, costume design, and sound effects were also great complements to the overall drama. I think they really tried but in the end I felt disappointed. Listening Snow Tower didn’t really do it for me. As you may know from all my reviews in the past, I am a huge fan of a strong heroine. The story also started out on an interesting note. The slow mo martial art shots of the fighters flying through the air and rain were artistic masterpieces. It definitely excelled in cinematography and set design. I really loved how this drama started out. Will the Listening Snow Tower prevail in it’s fight to destroy the Blood Moon sect once and for all? Will Yi Qing ever meet his mother again, whom is imprisoned by the leader of the Blood Moon sect? Will Jingrong and Yi Qing’s love ever bloom? Shu Jingrong and Yi Qing’s lives once again intersect, eventually leading to Shu Jingrong joining the Listening Snow Tower. Once again the Listening Snow Tower tries to regain its righteous prominence and destroy the Blood Moon sect. Yi Qing returns to the Listening Snow Tower after spending years in training and rehabilitation of his weak body. The Listening Snow Tower, a pillar of righteousness throughout the land, is also wrought with internal strife and diminished strength. Years later, the Blood Moon sect once again has a great revival, its influence reaching far into the martial world causing evil and corruption. It is with the kindness of Yi Qing and Jingrong’s future master, Bai Dai, that she eventually joins the Sand Valley and becomes the third disciple.
Now an orphan, Shu Jingrong mourns the loss of her father and loses the will to live. Yi Qing’s father, the leader of the Listening Snow Tower, comes a moment too late and Shu Jingrong’s father kills himself to prevent himself from hurting his daughter. At the beginning of the story, Shu Jingrong’s father is attacked by the leader of the Blood Moon sect and struck with a dangerous poison that causes him to lose control of himself.
Shu Jingrong is the daughter of an expert swordsman, who also happens to be the wielder of the infamous demon’s sword.
Huangyang Tian Tian as young Shu Jingrong
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