4.47 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

no thoughts just that i love how jiang xing loves

What a gem 💜 I might be alone here but this feels like a very toned down, small scale version of QJJ, with more humor, a lot less characters, much smaller geography, and more light-hearted (but with substance!) and sweet. Lots of scheming and the couple is kind of similar. Watching Lin Qingyu fall in love little by little was so sweet. 

MC: Smart, aloof, cold, cunning, loyal, manipulative, holds grudges 
ML: Charismatic, clever, loyal, kind, “lazy” in everything but his pursuing of MC, shameless yet embarrassed, green flag when it comes to consent ✅

** Despite all the political scheming with the court, their relationship is nothing but complete honesty and bluntness with the ML confessing even when he is so embarrassed 🤣 

✔️Transmigration (but not from the POV of the person who TM)
✔️Historical
✔️Political/ court intrigue
✔️Slow burn
✔️Pining
✔️Power couple
✔️Together in multiple lifetimes

The story ends at chapter 119 with 5 extras in the original historical setting and 25 extras set a modern setting (I only read the historical extras)  

The humor is this book was everything
😂 Eye candy medicine 
😂 Wilting 
😂 I am a man! 

One **small** gripe: referring to Lin Qingyu using the terms wife, DIL, SIL, Madame, and  Empress in a derogatory way
funny lighthearted sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

-i enjoyed this a lot!! 
-Lin Qingyu was such an interesting character and I liked watching him open up more (only to Jiang Xing though) until he was just a simp
-Jiang Xing was so fun, I loved his humor. Loved watching him willingly be less and less lazy just so Qingyu could live more comfortably
-really enjoyed their banter, scheming, and the court politics (aka Qingyu plotting to assassinate anyone who does them dirty and Jiang Xing cheering him on every time)
-some parts felt underdeveloped, but overall it was very fun and I loved the main couple
-Jiang Xing's multiple deaths :( I do wish the author went more into those though, I love when angst really hits, but in this it seemed much lighter
-the extras in the modern world were so cute. I'm glad Huaishi also got a good ending 

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Extremely fun book filled with comeuppence for villains and lots of political intrigue. It has a unique selling point in being told from the perspective of the one watching the transmigrator instead of the transmigrator themself, lending an air of mystery. The protagonist is beyond compelling and carries us through three different (but the same) love stories. Heartwarming and heartwrenching at once.
emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

finally i found a book that could make me cry and laugh the way 2ha did <3 such an underrated gem I HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND
adventurous challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

To see your beloved die three times and then married him again each time? HAHAHA

This story is sweet and satisfying, but I think the romance is not really the highlight. The highlight is how Lin Qingyu, our MC, uses his brain to scheme and murder those who disturb his peace. The romance is kinda slow-burn for me, but ML is really patient and happy to support MC's scheming. In conclusion, they are a power couple! >.<

However, the political part later in the story, somehow didn't really suit my taste because it seemed... dull? And the modern era extra was pretty boring for me (no ill intention here) that I contemplated whether to finish it or not.