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rebeccazh's review against another edition
EDIT 16/4/20: reread this because the quarantine is giving me much more time and i was nostalgic. this is such a wild ride! was thought-provoking for me in terms of thinking about the Chinese bl 'blackened' character type, the mbti types of the two characters, etc. sqq's treatment of lbh really makes me wince sometimes, lol...
I really enjoyed this, but it feels less polished and tight as compared to mdzs. There's some dubcon / problematic content in this one. I can tell that this is her first novel and it's quite interesting to see the less polished storytelling. Now, on to her latest book, Heaven Official's Blessing.
I really enjoyed this, but it feels less polished and tight as compared to mdzs. There's some dubcon / problematic content in this one. I can tell that this is her first novel and it's quite interesting to see the less polished storytelling. Now, on to her latest book, Heaven Official's Blessing.
ariaslibrary's review against another edition
4.0
“However, you don’t need to dwell on it too much. If you have no way of becoming strong, I’ll be by your side and protect you.”
This is my first book by this author and it was a wild ride. I had originally wanted to read the official english translations but I didn’t think I could wait that long for all the entries so I just decided to go for the fan-translation and I’m glad I did. I could not have handled all those cliff-hangers.
Now, Shen Yuan has been reading this novel for a while now and wow does he hate the ending.
This novel had an incredible amount of foreshadowing, dangling plot lines everywhere, mystery after mystery, layer upon layer of red herrings. And at the very end—not a single one paid off!
It was enough to make him puke a fountain of blood.
Shen Yuan tragically dies after finishing this novel but when he awakes, he finds himself transmigrated into the very same novel he criticised but not as the hero, Luo Binghe, but as his despicable, some might say scum-villain, master Shen Qingqiu, whom he knows will he viciously killed by the hero later in the book. Oh boy. Cue panic. This book was hilarious. Shen was in contact with the book’s system and every time he tried to do something nice, so the hero wouldn't kill him viciously in the future, it kept blowing him off. Not the self-insert fanfic some of us dream about.
【Warning! OOC warning! ‘Shen Qingqiu’ would not take the initiative to see Luo Binghe. 】
I was dying as I read this. Now, after being able to override this function, he starts to befriend Binghe, which leads to major changes in plotlines in the book, specifically the romance plotlines. Luo Binghe had a harem of women in the original story but now with his precious Shizun’s attention, his romantic interests change. The whole training by ‘accidentally’ falling into his teacher’s lap with an oblivious Shen Qingqiu, was hilarious.
To clear up the plot, in short, this was a shameless master-disciple couple, spending all day on some nameless mountain ignoring their duties to papapa, going down the mountain to fight monsters and papapa, using papapa to settle misunderstandings, still needing a round of papapa before dying, continuing to papapa after death, continuing to papapa as before after resurrection…… story.
For the characters, Shen Qingqiu, was cruel and downright abusive to Binghe before the transmigration. Now Shen Yuan as a character was just trying to survive and ensure he doesn’t die, all while making friends and allies in different places and inadvertabtly giving previously one-dimensional characters fully fleshed out personalities.
Luo Binghe on the other hand needs serious therapy. When he said and I quote: “I hate myself for being useless. I hate myself for not being able to get anybody to stay. Never… has anyone been willing to choose me.”, I damn near cried my eyes out. He has suffered so much abuse and it’s no wonder in the original plotline, once he gained his power, sought out revenge on all who hurt him. But in this timeline, I think he suffers more since he does find someone who he loves but they kept unknowingly turning them away. This particular quote summarises him perfectly.
Even though he suffered that sort of treatment the days when he first entered Cang Qiong Mountain, as soon as Shen Qingqiu showed him a drop of kindness Luo Binghe swept away every injury he had suffered, clean and tidy. He put him in the bottom of his heart without the slightest hesitation.
Sir, that is not healthy. Please get the help you need.
Now for the romance. Talk about inappropriate lol. Age-gap, master-disciple relationships can go very wrong but in this case, I was okay with it (except that one scene). And in the end, I’m glad they got their happy ending.
Also ✨MoShang✨ is just as good as BingQiu. I love both ships so much
“This time, no matter where you want to go, this master will accompany you.”
naturalelements's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
evitak's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Well, this is MXTX's least popular one, but I would still argue it's not bad, and it's pretty self aware of its flaws as well. This particular version was not amazing, because fan translations always include the understandable mistakes here and there, but I'm not including that at all in the score (though if you're reading this before reading the book, go grab the official release instead!).
I really liked all the characters, the story was interesting, I really appreciated its humor and the tone shifts never bothered me even if it goes from really sad to really funny to really sad very fast at times. I feel like that's more of a feature in the book rather than a flaw. There were many characters I truly thought I would hate, but by the end of the book I really liked them, and one of them ended up being my absolute favorite character in it. It does a really good job showing the many different sides of the characters, and why they do what they do, regardless of whether or not they are justified.This is especially but not exclusively the case with original Shen Qingqiu, who is the original villain of the book, who does some really, truly messed up things, but then when you find out more about him it's just... Not necessarily difficult to hate him, but at the very least it makes his actions a lot more understandable than one may originally have thought. His backstory is so heartbreaking, and though I'm sure not everyone views this the same as I do, I feel like in that context, his actions later on in life were pretty much unavoidable, albeit still inexcusable. To me, the fact that the book can make me sympathize to this extent even with its worst characters, as well as how much it develops its characters, is really what makes it as good as I believe it is.
As far as the story goes I have much less to say, it requires a specific level of genre and geek (/anime/internet/whatever else you want to call it honestly) culture knowledge that many may not have, and in that case chances are it won't be as much appreciated. For those who do possess that knowledge however, I believe it's a very fun book that gives the reader a very good reading experience. Though on the surface it looks like a joke-y, funny kind of book, it gets into very dark and serious subjects as it progresses, and for the most part it does treat seriously what needs to be treated so.
It's for sure not for everyone, but I do feel it's often judged too harshly by comparing it to the author's later works, when on its own it's a very fun read, regardless of whether it's your cup of tea or not. On that note, there are some pretty heavy topics in it, and I do feel people need to heed the warnings before reading. I would like to add that contrary to a very frequent misconception, the "uncomfortable" scenes found within it were never really... not meant to be that? You are very much meant to feel uncomfortable at what is happening, because so are the characters in those situations.
I really liked all the characters, the story was interesting, I really appreciated its humor and the tone shifts never bothered me even if it goes from really sad to really funny to really sad very fast at times. I feel like that's more of a feature in the book rather than a flaw. There were many characters I truly thought I would hate, but by the end of the book I really liked them, and one of them ended up being my absolute favorite character in it. It does a really good job showing the many different sides of the characters, and why they do what they do, regardless of whether or not they are justified.
As far as the story goes I have much less to say, it requires a specific level of genre and geek (/anime/internet/whatever else you want to call it honestly) culture knowledge that many may not have, and in that case chances are it won't be as much appreciated. For those who do possess that knowledge however, I believe it's a very fun book that gives the reader a very good reading experience. Though on the surface it looks like a joke-y, funny kind of book, it gets into very dark and serious subjects as it progresses, and for the most part it does treat seriously what needs to be treated so.
It's for sure not for everyone, but I do feel it's often judged too harshly by comparing it to the author's later works, when on its own it's a very fun read, regardless of whether it's your cup of tea or not. On that note, there are some pretty heavy topics in it, and I do feel people need to heed the warnings before reading. I would like to add that contrary to a very frequent misconception, the "uncomfortable" scenes found within it were never really... not meant to be that? You are very much meant to feel uncomfortable at what is happening, because so are the characters in those situations.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Child abuse
Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Slavery
Minor: Confinement
matrim's review against another edition
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
dinosher's review against another edition
medium-paced
4.0
从前种种，今日一并还给你。
这世上没有任何东西是不容易天地的，种族如是，人亦如是。
了断？你要如何了断？你我二人，现在难道还断得清？
天命，要么根本就不存在，要么就是该被践踏在脚底的东西。
jennifersiyuanzhou's review against another edition
4.0
最喜欢的就是这个设定。太搞笑了。我特别喜欢沈清秋说一些，做一些，他认为为了活命才说的做的（对他笑，“他会赢的，”如果你没法变强，我会守在你身边保护你， ），但在洛冰河眼里完全变了样（啊！师尊对我太好了！我喜欢师尊！），我一看戏的就乐死了。然后沈清秋慢慢发现“嗯？我为什么代替了那么多女角色的剧情？” “嗯？洛冰河不是喜欢她吗？怎么变了？”我又了死了。
扣的星主要亮点：
1. 结局感觉。。好突然啊。铺垫的那么多大boss怎么就死了
2. 虽然 单看 洛冰河&沈清秋 的一些互动很搞笑也很好“磕”但我真的，不太理解沈清秋怎么就喜欢洛冰河了。。在我看来这明明是可怜他，而不是真的喜欢啊？？所以看到最后也是一脸？？？就比如过了这么多年，做了那么事儿，前面明明狂拽酷帅的，但一到师尊面前咋就这么这么这么可爱 （就算是小畜生，也只是师尊一个人的小畜生。别人不许叫）反正走后在一起莫名其妙，最后的车也莫名其妙。洛冰河没被选择过，那沈清秋你就以师尊的身份选择他，陪伴他啊。咋就要在一起了啊。
但体内以上两点都是很后面才出现的，并没有影响前面那么多章的故事，所以扣的也不多（而且故事本来就没多长）
综上所示，不太带脑子，不太较真CP是不是“真的”还是很搞笑的，看得很开心
一些句子
"弟子千里迢迢从外洲奔波回来，师尊连看都不看一眼，就要拒绝么？"
" “我养的，还不许我看了？” “自然许的。师尊看得可顺眼？" "
"不一会儿，车连子被人撩起，洛冰河笑着问：“师尊，点心，水，还是腰酸？”白马精神抖数，少年俊朗非凡，阳光照耀之下，令人眼前璨璨一亮。"
" "从前种种，今日一并还给你。” "
"明明都是“洛冰河”，凭什么，他遇上的就是这样的沈清秋，而自己遇上的却是一个心胸狭窄、嫉妒成形的无耻之徒。“
扣的星主要亮点：
1. 结局感觉。。好突然啊。铺垫的那么多大boss怎么就死了
2. 虽然 单看 洛冰河&沈清秋 的一些互动很搞笑也很好“磕”但我真的，不太理解沈清秋怎么就喜欢洛冰河了。。在我看来这明明是可怜他，而不是真的喜欢啊？？所以看到最后也是一脸？？？就比如过了这么多年，做了那么事儿，前面明明狂拽酷帅的，但一到师尊面前咋就这么这么这么可爱 （就算是小畜生，也只是师尊一个人的小畜生。别人不许叫）反正走后在一起莫名其妙，最后的车也莫名其妙。洛冰河没被选择过，那沈清秋你就以师尊的身份选择他，陪伴他啊。咋就要在一起了啊。
但体内以上两点都是很后面才出现的，并没有影响前面那么多章的故事，所以扣的也不多（而且故事本来就没多长）
综上所示，不太带脑子，不太较真CP是不是“真的”还是很搞笑的，看得很开心
一些句子
"弟子千里迢迢从外洲奔波回来，师尊连看都不看一眼，就要拒绝么？"
" “我养的，还不许我看了？” “自然许的。师尊看得可顺眼？" "
"不一会儿，车连子被人撩起，洛冰河笑着问：“师尊，点心，水，还是腰酸？”白马精神抖数，少年俊朗非凡，阳光照耀之下，令人眼前璨璨一亮。"
" "从前种种，今日一并还给你。” "
"明明都是“洛冰河”，凭什么，他遇上的就是这样的沈清秋，而自己遇上的却是一个心胸狭窄、嫉妒成形的无耻之徒。“
broken_biscuits's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Ok I love mxtx, and this is her least well written one. Makes sense since it was the first. There's def some really good stuff in it, especially for fic writers to play with, but there was some stuff I was annoyed by and I don't ship the main ship all that much. It has so much potential too! Some of the SIDE CHARACTERS on the other hand...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape