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A review by luxlisbonsghost
残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by priest
5.0
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
—— Dickens《A Tale of Two Cities》
I took my hatred and plot for revenge with me down the mire, to the depths of the abyss, and returned as a ghost of the past. I want to plant the seeds of the rotten truth, nourish their deadly thorns with fresh blood so that they grow and pierce through this civilization built on lies.
I reached the bottom of the abyss…only to find a shining star.”
*scroll to the bottom of my review for an english translation of the synopsis of the novel since the one on here is in mandarin*
4.5 out of 5. out of all the priest novels i’ve read this is my third favorite. i liked sha po lang and mo du more but this was still reallllly well done. i don’t think priest is capable of writing a bad novel. it had action but the action was very much like war type battles which is why i think i didn’t give this a five. i prefer action scenes in like physical fighting opposed to a mech shooting another mech.. some of the science and machine explanations i found confusing but i think i just genuinely wasn’t smart enough to fully comprehend i don’t think it was like the author failing to explain it well.
i recommend it. the synopsis is in chinese so i will add the english synopsis here:
“Who will be the one to bury mankind, Orwell or Huxley? No need to give your answer so quick. Let's read a story first.
When Lu Bixing, a hipster from the Eighth Galaxy, fell in love with a gangster called B4, he didn't know that his darling muffin was Commodore Lin Jingheng, the commander of Silver Fortress. As they knew each other further, the world changed dramatically: Interstellar pirates invaded the Interstellar Union. The nasty secrets about Eden emerged in front of them. Lu's pedigree was found to be unbelievably mysterious.
But all they wanted was each other, no matter how peculiar the world was around them.
In a sentence, it's a story about conspiracies and murders, gentlemen and villains, love and hatred.
Coming back to the question, the answer is: "Humans are born from belief, die of belief, and reborn from the ashes of belief." "
—— Dickens《A Tale of Two Cities》
I took my hatred and plot for revenge with me down the mire, to the depths of the abyss, and returned as a ghost of the past. I want to plant the seeds of the rotten truth, nourish their deadly thorns with fresh blood so that they grow and pierce through this civilization built on lies.
I reached the bottom of the abyss…only to find a shining star.”
*scroll to the bottom of my review for an english translation of the synopsis of the novel since the one on here is in mandarin*
4.5 out of 5. out of all the priest novels i’ve read this is my third favorite. i liked sha po lang and mo du more but this was still reallllly well done. i don’t think priest is capable of writing a bad novel. it had action but the action was very much like war type battles which is why i think i didn’t give this a five. i prefer action scenes in like physical fighting opposed to a mech shooting another mech.. some of the science and machine explanations i found confusing but i think i just genuinely wasn’t smart enough to fully comprehend i don’t think it was like the author failing to explain it well.
i recommend it. the synopsis is in chinese so i will add the english synopsis here:
“Who will be the one to bury mankind, Orwell or Huxley? No need to give your answer so quick. Let's read a story first.
When Lu Bixing, a hipster from the Eighth Galaxy, fell in love with a gangster called B4, he didn't know that his darling muffin was Commodore Lin Jingheng, the commander of Silver Fortress. As they knew each other further, the world changed dramatically: Interstellar pirates invaded the Interstellar Union. The nasty secrets about Eden emerged in front of them. Lu's pedigree was found to be unbelievably mysterious.
But all they wanted was each other, no matter how peculiar the world was around them.
In a sentence, it's a story about conspiracies and murders, gentlemen and villains, love and hatred.
Coming back to the question, the answer is: "Humans are born from belief, die of belief, and reborn from the ashes of belief." "