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yoursam 's review for:
Mr. Melancholy Wants to Live a Peaceful Life 忧郁先生想过平静生活
by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
i don't mind descriptive writing, but here it dragged unfortunately. i genuinely think this is a good, solid story, a nice spin for the genre and its tropes, and i was glad to be taken along for the ride, but you could really see the author playing 3d chess with possible future comments just by the sheer amount of exposition and explaining happening in each chapter.
on one hand, it shows just how carefully put together everything was (plot points, characters, props and locations) on the other hand i wish cyan wings had trusted in the readers, in their suspension of disbelief, in their own skill in connecting the dots
yu hua and you zhenping are the best part of the novel, in my opinion. their scenes are the strongest, though as always cyan wings has created some of the most endearing and compelling side characters for her story (a surprising lack of women in this particular story though, which surprised me quite a bit after the variety in devil venerable also wants to know!*)
the small arc in chapters 87 through 101 was the best part, for me. a little bit because the rest ended up feeling a bit repetitive even despite the really original ideas and characters introduced earlier in the story, but mostly because it felt catered to my interests specifically <3
*honestly, i am very surprised this was published after devil venerable, in terms of skill and, again, trust in the readers, in their ability to follow along and see the patterns for themselves, this feels like a step back. i had to double check the dates of publication and i am still struggling to believe it lmao
overall i did like the story, i just feel like it could have been even better if it shed a little weight here and there
on one hand, it shows just how carefully put together everything was (plot points, characters, props and locations) on the other hand i wish cyan wings had trusted in the readers, in their suspension of disbelief, in their own skill in connecting the dots
yu hua and you zhenping are the best part of the novel, in my opinion. their scenes are the strongest, though as always cyan wings has created some of the most endearing and compelling side characters for her story (a surprising lack of women in this particular story though, which surprised me quite a bit after the variety in devil venerable also wants to know!*)
the small arc in chapters 87 through 101 was the best part, for me. a little bit because the rest ended up feeling a bit repetitive even despite the really original ideas and characters introduced earlier in the story, but mostly because it felt catered to my interests specifically <3
*honestly, i am very surprised this was published after devil venerable, in terms of skill and, again, trust in the readers, in their ability to follow along and see the patterns for themselves, this feels like a step back. i had to double check the dates of publication and i am still struggling to believe it lmao
overall i did like the story, i just feel like it could have been even better if it shed a little weight here and there
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia
fatphobia content warning tag is because yu hua is a bit too into controlling what they eat and making sure they keep in shape, almost obsessively so. and while it can be overlooked in the main story given everything else that's going on, the extras are pretty much just that.