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4.48 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
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
diversas passagens nesse livro me fizeram querer enfiar uma faca no meu pescoço. 5 estrelas.
i really like the concept of little mushroom and the themes it touches on:
-the sacrifice of human lives for the greater good of society but then raising into question what is worth losing and worth saving at the end of the day?
-a non-human learning what human emotions are and thus experiencing love for the first time
-a person who seems to have lost all their humanity (lu feng) and meeting someone who revitalizes that humanity in him (ahn ze)
the world-building was superb and i thought the characters were really interesting but my only gripe was the editing, or lack thereof. i was confused as to who was speaking sometimes during some of the dialogue and also some of the sentences just seemed really choppy and awkward. times like these i wish i could consume the source material in its original language… because i know translation will always inevitably transform the content. anyway, i hope the second volume contains less of these editing errors and i’m excited to see how luzhe’s story concludes.
-the sacrifice of human lives for the greater good of society but then raising into question what is worth losing and worth saving at the end of the day?
-a non-human learning what human emotions are and thus experiencing love for the first time
-a person who seems to have lost all their humanity (lu feng) and meeting someone who revitalizes that humanity in him (ahn ze)
the world-building was superb and i thought the characters were really interesting but my only gripe was the editing, or lack thereof. i was confused as to who was speaking sometimes during some of the dialogue and also some of the sentences just seemed really choppy and awkward. times like these i wish i could consume the source material in its original language… because i know translation will always inevitably transform the content. anyway, i hope the second volume contains less of these editing errors and i’m excited to see how luzhe’s story concludes.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
From manhua
Little Mushroom: Judgment Day is set in a post apocalyptic dystopian world in the year 2020, when Earth’s magnetic poles vanished, and cosmic radiation nearly eradicated humankind. Over the next century, creatures mutated and preyed upon each other, while the remaining humans clung to their man-made shelters. In the Abyss, home to the mutated xenogenics, there lived a sentient little mushroom. Nourished by the blood and flesh of the deceased human An Ze (blood contamination), it assumed a similar human form and a name: An Zhe.
Due to unknown human who harvested his spore (protecting its spore is a mushroom's sole purpose in life), An Zhe is now determined to retrieve it so he ventures to the human base. Left and right - people are dying and/or getting infected. An Zhe is faced with constant peril as he needs to keep his non-human nature hidden from the Judges (tasked with identifying and eliminating Xenogenics) and find his stolen spore. Amon the Judges, there is Colonel Lu Feng - the most astute and merciless executioner. Yet An Zhe’s mutation eluded Lu Feng’s scrutiny, setting the stage for a gripping tale of humans and Xenogenics..
The cover may fool you with its cutie patootie illustration as the story is nothing but pain.
Cover: 🥰✨😇 / Inside: ☠️🩸💀
I haven't read anything like this before. The world-building and writing is amazing! Even though I'm not a science person, I couldn’t put this novel down. An Zhe is such a lovely, adorable, soft yet in his own way strong and determined character. He doesn't truly grasp human emotions, motives and unwavering drive to survive. He's basically a spectator. Yet, throughout his journey he unexpectedly forms attachments towards some humans. Especially towards our ML - Lu Feng. His burden as Colonel, is anything but light. His predecessors, worn down by the weight of their responsibilities, succumbed to madness or worse. Yet he persists. Tirelessly safeguarding humanity.. But once he meets An Zhe, things start to change. Perception shifts.. (also, he likes to tease An Zhe hehe).
Ugh, this is very dark yet angsty and cute ✨balance✨
p.s. now I understand why this work was nominated for the Chinese Nebula Awards ^_^
From manhua
Artist: 灼忘
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
After Earth suffers a global catastrophe in the year 2020, surviving mankind rushed to avoid total annihilation, resulting in the creation of artificial magnetic poles (one in North America and one in Asia) and four bases that shielded humans from first radiation and severe climate, then monstrous creatures that resulted from genetic mutations. Over a century later, one such mutated being, a small mushroom, encounters a dying human named An Ze, absorbs the human's essence after he dies, and takes human form and name -- An Zhe. His mission is to travel to the nearest human base and find his spore, the only one he produced and which was torn from him months ago when he was semi-sentient. His journey to the base is fraught with peril and death, giving him a harsh crash course in both the current state of the world and humankind.
His arrival at the base brings only slight relief as he attempts to integrate into the established norms of a society that's only barely holding itself together. He initially attracts the suspicion of the Arbiter, a man named Lu Feng who no one questions and who can spot mutated humans by sight -- and thus decides who lives and who dies in the base. But An Zhe's relatively quiet life is soon upended by a series of worsening events that threaten to destroy one of the last remaining bastions of human life. As he struggles to survive and locate his spore, his entanglements with humans, especially Lu Feng, bring new perspectives and feelings that complicate his mission.
I'm not a huge fan of sci-fi novels and I hate bugs -- two characteristics that are the foundation of this novel.
I tore through this book.
At first, I thought I might not be able stomach the bugs and the continuous stream of character deaths, but thankfully, neither one received excessive detail, so my imagination could "blur" those scenes and save my stomach. The constant tension was well done. It made me feel a pervading sense of dread that never left me when I read the book, even coloring the small, intimate moments of relative quiet to really emphasize the tenuous state the characters were living in. That also made those peaceful scenes more emotional, whether they directly involved An Zhe or he was simply observing the secondary characters. As the protagonist, he does a surprising amount of observing, but his thoughts and opinions are very interesting given his perspective as a mushroom with a human's memories. Sometimes he can relate, sometimes his nature contrasts with the other specie's, but he usually takes things in stride; the only times he expresses anger are all related to Lu Feng. The relationship between An Zhe and Lu Feng itself is incredibly engrossing: In some ways, they're very similar, especially how they view the bigger picture and understand the importance of acting for "the greater good." But in other ways, they're polar opposites, and yet those differences serve to ground them (especially in Lu Feng's case) and draw them closer together into a strange relationship that's not familiar enough to be friendship, yet retains an unspoken intimacy. An Zhe and Lu Feng are intriguing in their own right, and the rest of the cast is also shockingly memorable, whether they're regulars in the plot line or disappear early on in the story, and that greatly impressed me. It also speaks greatly to the writer's storytelling abilities that I, who am terrified of bugs, space, and global armageddon, enjoyed a sci-fi book about bugs, fungi, and the end of humankind this much.
His arrival at the base brings only slight relief as he attempts to integrate into the established norms of a society that's only barely holding itself together. He initially attracts the suspicion of the Arbiter, a man named Lu Feng who no one questions and who can spot mutated humans by sight -- and thus decides who lives and who dies in the base. But An Zhe's relatively quiet life is soon upended by a series of worsening events that threaten to destroy one of the last remaining bastions of human life. As he struggles to survive and locate his spore, his entanglements with humans, especially Lu Feng, bring new perspectives and feelings that complicate his mission.
I'm not a huge fan of sci-fi novels and I hate bugs -- two characteristics that are the foundation of this novel.
I tore through this book.
At first, I thought I might not be able stomach the bugs and the continuous stream of character deaths, but thankfully, neither one received excessive detail, so my imagination could "blur" those scenes and save my stomach. The constant tension was well done. It made me feel a pervading sense of dread that never left me when I read the book, even coloring the small, intimate moments of relative quiet to really emphasize the tenuous state the characters were living in. That also made those peaceful scenes more emotional, whether they directly involved An Zhe or he was simply observing the secondary characters. As the protagonist, he does a surprising amount of observing, but his thoughts and opinions are very interesting given his perspective as a mushroom with a human's memories. Sometimes he can relate, sometimes his nature contrasts with the other specie's, but he usually takes things in stride; the only times he expresses anger are all related to Lu Feng. The relationship between An Zhe and Lu Feng itself is incredibly engrossing: In some ways, they're very similar, especially how they view the bigger picture and understand the importance of acting for "the greater good." But in other ways, they're polar opposites, and yet those differences serve to ground them (especially in Lu Feng's case) and draw them closer together into a strange relationship that's not familiar enough to be friendship, yet retains an unspoken intimacy. An Zhe and Lu Feng are intriguing in their own right, and the rest of the cast is also shockingly memorable, whether they're regulars in the plot line or disappear early on in the story, and that greatly impressed me. It also speaks greatly to the writer's storytelling abilities that I, who am terrified of bugs, space, and global armageddon, enjoyed a sci-fi book about bugs, fungi, and the end of humankind this much.