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A review by halfcactus
嘉鱼往事 by 西子绪
2.5
Humble government worker Zhou Jiayu dies in a car crash and finds himself thrust into the world of fengshui when he transmigrates into the body of someone with his exact same name—the fraudulent fengshui master Zhou Jiayu whose crimes have cost lives. He is captured by Lin Zhushui, a blind fengshui master that he has been brought back to save from certain death.
I think I would recommend reading this til the end of the tournament arc (before it gets to the “main plot”) and skipping to the dog case (a traumatic but excellent standalone horror episode) and the last few chapters as well as Lin Jue's parts. She turned out to be the most well-written character in the entire novel even though she's kind of the token jiejie side character while everyone else is just sort of... plays their part..
The author is very good at one-off horror mysteries with cute critters and comedy, but very bad at writing bigger arcs. If this had just continued being a series of horror episodes and interconnected short stories, or if it had been like 40 chapters shorter, I would have loved it! Unfortunately, there had to be a plot, which simply just was not plotting...
I think I would recommend reading this til the end of the tournament arc (before it gets to the “main plot”) and skipping to the dog case (a traumatic but excellent standalone horror episode) and the last few chapters as well as Lin Jue's parts. She turned out to be the most well-written character in the entire novel even though she's kind of the token jiejie side character while everyone else is just sort of... plays their part..
The author is very good at one-off horror mysteries with cute critters and comedy, but very bad at writing bigger arcs. If this had just continued being a series of horror episodes and interconnected short stories, or if it had been like 40 chapters shorter, I would have loved it! Unfortunately, there had to be a plot, which simply just was not plotting...
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Gore