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4.37 AVERAGE
4.37 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
Jamás había llorado de la manera en la que lo hice con esta historia como desde el 2013.
Meatbun genia, te hago un altar. Tremenda historia, no tengo más palabras
Meatbun genia, te hago un altar. Tremenda historia, no tengo más palabras
I think im just fine learning the rest of what happens in this book through cultural osmosis and fanfiction <3 because im just not having a lot of of rn reading all this
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
If there were ten stars, I would give them to this novel.
Don't even know where to start, this now sits number one on the list of my five favourite ever reads.
Wrapped it up yesterday, all 311 chapters (still have the extras, and really looking forward to them as I'm not ready to let go of my beloved Shizun). This novel is heavy, in every sense. Not an easy read, and surely not for everyone - which to me only makes it more special - but if you have half a brain, this one will make you think and feel deep.
This isn't your average tale of Chinese fantasy adventure, although there's a lot of it. Nor is it just a love story between two blokes who have no idea how to deal with their emotions.
It's about growth and change. It's about love in all its many forms. About blood and family, honour and shame. About sacrifice and silent, hidden pain.
It's about justice and how unevenly its served, poverty and lacking as opposed to depravity and indulgence, the big trampling all over the small. Ultimately, it's about the evil that man do.
And the characters are the best part of it. Chu WanNing is my favourite, if only because I relate to him in so many ways. But Mo Ran is so well written too, as are Xue Meng, Shi Mei, Ye Wangxi (another personal favourite). The more you get to know them the more you understand them, because this novel is written under the premise that everyone is the hero in their own story. It's a bloody tear jerker.
And the writing! Goes against every single writing advice ever presented, steps out of the contemporary trend of short sentences, short paragraphs, no lush descriptions, no adverbs, all very barren and emotionless that I seem to find in most contemporary novels. This is rich, like a ten course dinner, extravagant, over the top at some parts. I prefer this kind of writing, meaty and verbose. It tends to hook claws in my heart. In fact, I never cried this much over a book, chapter 279 had me drowning in pain. And the two final chapters. I can't even. How am I going to move on from this, I don't know.
Meatbun is an author who is not afraid of digging deep into the darkest, most disgusting parts of the human soul and human behaviour, without holding back. Halfway through the novel, I wanted her to go deeper, felt as if she was indeed holding back, but boy, the second half delivered everything I needed in terms of facing your shadows and bringing to light the depths of human depravity. Most people will be shocked by the dubcon/noncon sex scenes, honestly, to me those are the mildest parts and the true darkness lies in what you can read between the lines, which is totally unrelated to the smut. This novel for me touches my personal beliefs of what mankind is capable of doing - both good and bad.
I only wish there was an official, complete noncensored translation so I could buy it and forever hold this novel in my hand, to re-read it at leisure and will, and go over the bits and pieces that marked me the most, that made me think and analyse the world we live in. Which, in the end and where it comes to human nature, is not all that different from what I read here.
Don't even know where to start, this now sits number one on the list of my five favourite ever reads.
Wrapped it up yesterday, all 311 chapters (still have the extras, and really looking forward to them as I'm not ready to let go of my beloved Shizun). This novel is heavy, in every sense. Not an easy read, and surely not for everyone - which to me only makes it more special - but if you have half a brain, this one will make you think and feel deep.
This isn't your average tale of Chinese fantasy adventure, although there's a lot of it. Nor is it just a love story between two blokes who have no idea how to deal with their emotions.
It's about growth and change. It's about love in all its many forms. About blood and family, honour and shame. About sacrifice and silent, hidden pain.
It's about justice and how unevenly its served, poverty and lacking as opposed to depravity and indulgence, the big trampling all over the small. Ultimately, it's about the evil that man do.
And the characters are the best part of it. Chu WanNing is my favourite, if only because I relate to him in so many ways. But Mo Ran is so well written too, as are Xue Meng, Shi Mei, Ye Wangxi (another personal favourite). The more you get to know them the more you understand them, because this novel is written under the premise that everyone is the hero in their own story. It's a bloody tear jerker.
And the writing! Goes against every single writing advice ever presented, steps out of the contemporary trend of short sentences, short paragraphs, no lush descriptions, no adverbs, all very barren and emotionless that I seem to find in most contemporary novels. This is rich, like a ten course dinner, extravagant, over the top at some parts. I prefer this kind of writing, meaty and verbose. It tends to hook claws in my heart. In fact, I never cried this much over a book, chapter 279 had me drowning in pain. And the two final chapters. I can't even. How am I going to move on from this, I don't know.
Meatbun is an author who is not afraid of digging deep into the darkest, most disgusting parts of the human soul and human behaviour, without holding back. Halfway through the novel, I wanted her to go deeper, felt as if she was indeed holding back, but boy, the second half delivered everything I needed in terms of facing your shadows and bringing to light the depths of human depravity. Most people will be shocked by the dubcon/noncon sex scenes, honestly, to me those are the mildest parts and the true darkness lies in what you can read between the lines, which is totally unrelated to the smut. This novel for me touches my personal beliefs of what mankind is capable of doing - both good and bad.
I only wish there was an official, complete noncensored translation so I could buy it and forever hold this novel in my hand, to re-read it at leisure and will, and go over the bits and pieces that marked me the most, that made me think and analyse the world we live in. Which, in the end and where it comes to human nature, is not all that different from what I read here.
edit: 3.5 stars
idk whether to do this by book or not but i’m done with book 1 now so thanks for ruining my day
idk whether to do this by book or not but i’m done with book 1 now so thanks for ruining my day
"Two lifetimes, they belong to you."
Despite the fluffy title, this novel is chock full of angst, so...I've rarely read a story so full of tragedy, and I've read A Little Life.
I have a lot of thoughts about this book and no words to express them, lol. I did enjoy it a lot, for its length I read it really fast because I was literally glued to my kindle, I had an hard time putting it down. The way the story unfolds slowly as Mo Ran finds out all the secrets he didn't know in his past life, the way the plot twists are revealed, how the misunderstandings play an heartbreaking part in deciding the course of events...oof.
Chu Wanning was my favorite character, I'm glad the author went with multiple POVs because I really enjoyed his perspective and I think it was necessary. His loneliness and self-hatred mixed with his desire to be loved and wanted broke my entire heart, the way he loved Mo Ran so much in both lifetimes...
I also liked Mo Ran and his growth in the second lifetime, the things that happened to him in his childhood and the stuff that's done to him just before he dies a second time are so fucking sad. His death scene in the 2.0 timeline shattered my fucking heart.
0.5 Ranwan is uhhhh...complicated to say the least. There's a lot of pain and trauma there that I don't even know how to talk about, I just think their lives in that timeline are devastatingly tragic. What is done to 0.5 Chu Wanning is absolutely awful, but I also feel sad for Taxian-jun, I guess. None of his actions are in any way excusable, but he was also not in control of himself due to the curse. Learning that he was cursed in the first place to protect Chu Wanning was...wow. I can't keep saying heartbreaking but it honestly was. The same goes for Chu Wanning splitting his soul to try and save the Mo Ran of another world from suffering the same fate. Their entire story in 0.5 just makes me want to cry, and I'm kind of sad we never get any real closure between the Ranwan of that world despite Taxian-jun coming back. Like, I know Chu Wanning has all the memories of the 0.5 lifetime but it still feels like their story ended in tragedy, at least to me.
I loved how, in contrast, 2.0 Ranwan was very soft and sweet and I liked how much 2.0 Mo Ran cherished Chu Wanning. They went through so much but I'm really glad they found their happy ending.
I have to say, the way the story is constructed sometimes can be aggravating. It's a very long book so obviously some story arcs reaaaally dragged for me, and while the use of flashing back to the past often in some scenes really heightened the emotion, in others it would just feel really annoying because it took away from the action of the moment. I also expected a bit more out of their final reunion in the second to last chapter.
I also would have liked to see a bit more of how Chu Wanning deals with the trauma of what happened to his 0.5 self, especially considering Taxian-jun stays in Mo Ran's body. Since the story makes his trauma such a big part of it, I would've also liked to see a bit of the recovery in the aftermath.
This isn't a novel I would recommend to just anyone, it has a lot of trigger warnings and it deals with very dark themes. It gets really uncomfortable, and while I wasn't triggered by any of the themes I had to push myself to continue reading sometimes. Despite all of this I think it's a story that's really fascinating and engaging and leaves you with a lot to think about.
Despite the fluffy title, this novel is chock full of angst, so...I've rarely read a story so full of tragedy, and I've read A Little Life.
I have a lot of thoughts about this book and no words to express them, lol. I did enjoy it a lot, for its length I read it really fast because I was literally glued to my kindle, I had an hard time putting it down. The way the story unfolds slowly as Mo Ran finds out all the secrets he didn't know in his past life, the way the plot twists are revealed, how the misunderstandings play an heartbreaking part in deciding the course of events...oof.
Chu Wanning was my favorite character, I'm glad the author went with multiple POVs because I really enjoyed his perspective and I think it was necessary. His loneliness and self-hatred mixed with his desire to be loved and wanted broke my entire heart, the way he loved Mo Ran so much in both lifetimes...
I also liked Mo Ran and his growth in the second lifetime, the things that happened to him in his childhood and the stuff that's done to him just before he dies a second time are so fucking sad. His death scene in the 2.0 timeline shattered my fucking heart.
0.5 Ranwan is uhhhh...complicated to say the least. There's a lot of pain and trauma there that I don't even know how to talk about, I just think their lives in that timeline are devastatingly tragic. What is done to 0.5 Chu Wanning is absolutely awful, but I also feel sad for Taxian-jun, I guess. None of his actions are in any way excusable, but he was also not in control of himself due to the curse. Learning that he was cursed in the first place to protect Chu Wanning was...wow. I can't keep saying heartbreaking but it honestly was. The same goes for Chu Wanning splitting his soul to try and save the Mo Ran of another world from suffering the same fate. Their entire story in 0.5 just makes me want to cry, and I'm kind of sad we never get any real closure between the Ranwan of that world despite Taxian-jun coming back. Like, I know Chu Wanning has all the memories of the 0.5 lifetime but it still feels like their story ended in tragedy, at least to me.
I loved how, in contrast, 2.0 Ranwan was very soft and sweet and I liked how much 2.0 Mo Ran cherished Chu Wanning. They went through so much but I'm really glad they found their happy ending.
I have to say, the way the story is constructed sometimes can be aggravating. It's a very long book so obviously some story arcs reaaaally dragged for me, and while the use of flashing back to the past often in some scenes really heightened the emotion, in others it would just feel really annoying because it took away from the action of the moment. I also expected a bit more out of their final reunion in the second to last chapter.
I also would have liked to see a bit more of how Chu Wanning deals with the trauma of what happened to his 0.5 self, especially considering Taxian-jun stays in Mo Ran's body. Since the story makes his trauma such a big part of it, I would've also liked to see a bit of the recovery in the aftermath.
This isn't a novel I would recommend to just anyone, it has a lot of trigger warnings and it deals with very dark themes. It gets really uncomfortable, and while I wasn't triggered by any of the themes I had to push myself to continue reading sometimes. Despite all of this I think it's a story that's really fascinating and engaging and leaves you with a lot to think about.