Category: Chinese Webnovel

Webnovel Review: Perfect Fiance (完美未婚夫)

Webnovel Review: Perfect Fiance (完美未婚夫)

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Since this is the first Saturday of the year, I did not want to miss the review. I had stopped reading this short novel when the translator had to take a break halfway through. For the review purposes, I ended up binge reading it today itself.

Personally, I am a bit conflicted about this novel. Should it be a review or a recommendation, I still can’t decide. Let me try penning my thoughts here once and I might change my mind.

This is a very cheesy, very corny, full of fluff, short romance story about two people, Su Jin and Lu Xi. Su Jin transmigrates into a novel she was reading while on an airplane when the airplane gets into an accident. Originally an orphan, Su Jin finds herself in the body of a girl who was switched at birth and was supposed to be a rich young lady. Her original parents in the novel had just acknowledged her as their daughter and thus, for original Su Jin, her wealthy life had just started.

She also finds that she had been betrothed to a young mysterious young master of another influential family by her grandfather some time in the past and now she might have to honor that arrangement. The young master turns out to be Lu Xi, an award winning director of movies. Since Su Jin knew the plot of the novel, she knew that she would become a villain and the girl who was switched at birth had feelings for Lu Xi as well. She had, thus decided to remain far away from the guy.

By twist of fate, Lu Xi actually falls for Su Jin and rejects the other girl much to the surprise of Su Jin. From there on, starts Lu Xi’s chase of Su Jin, trying to break the hard shell she had over her heart.

It is initially revealed that Lu Xi might have connections with Su Jin from her original life which adds a really great mystery element to the plot.

Within 59 chapters, I would not really bother about character development as such. Su Jin starts as an aloof girl who doesn’t want to ruin the plot of the novel she was reading and hence, has the door to her heart closed off. But along the way, she starts depending on Lu Xi. Lu Xi, on the other hand, has been shown your typical handsome, breathtaking cold person who only dotes his lover. Other characters are all really likable and there are no villains in the plot. May be one person in the beginning but I don’t even understand what that one incident’s purpose was.

But this novel does pack a bunch of surprises plotwise. You might find some sci-fi stuff later on. Moreover, it is very good at tying all the loose ends at the end.

The thing I like the most about the novel is how it explores different kinds of love; love at first sight, gradually developed love over lifetimes, childhood love and love that is just not there anymore. I would say, the author has used some profound language to describe some of the most mundane things in life. Plus, translator has done really well in conveying those words.

My only complaint was that I had really gone out of touch with it once it stopped updating. As I read some 30 chapters today, there was not as much thrill as there was when I had just started following it. Not that I’m blaming the translator, life happens to everyone and I understand that. Anyway, I am slowly beginning to get bored of webnovels since they all just keep repeating similar plot lines. This one is definitely a bit different and half a day read, so that’s good.

In the end, I still can’t decide if I like it or not. It has its plus and minuses. I will keep it as a review only.

Conclusion: I’ll probably give it a 8/10 and recommend it to those who don’t really get cringed with cheesy dialogues. I liked the mystery part and how it was unraveled, although it was a bit predictable as well but the sci-fi part was something I could not even imagine in my dreams would be woven into it.

Final feelings: ⊙.☉

Read Here: Perfect Fiance on Meraki Translations

Personal Section: Happy New Year Readers. I am still stuck with weekend work in the new year but hopefully that will be over soon. I will definitely lose my overtime but who cares. I will have normal weekends and I would be able to work on my personal projects.

It had been long since I had some time to myself, without the need of going anywhere. And suddenly finding free time today was both surprising and hilarious in the sense, I had not planned on what to do with it. Nonetheless, I will go to bed early.

Did I tell you guys I became an ordained minister two weeks back and now can sign marriage licenses of couples? If you are in NJ (USA) and are looking for a person to officiate your marriage, contact me, lol. I did it on the request of a very dear friend of mine. I was really honored and elated when he asked me to officiate his marriage. This is for you my dear friend, very many congratulations!

Today’s song: Well, since I posted SKZ song last week, I ended up revisiting the whole playlist again and now they are the only artists in my playlist once again. I guess I’ll post another song from them, hopefully I haven’t posted this one before:

Love the lightness of this song ❤

Webnovel Review: Trial Marriage Husband: Need to Work Hard (试婚老公，要给力)

Webnovel Review: Trial Marriage Husband: Need to Work Hard (试婚老公，要给力)

by eastasianlover ♥ 3 Comments

Since I did not have any finished webtoons to review today and I did miss my first week’s post, I am going to change the things a bit and review a webnovel today.

Again, I did not want to review popular stuff. But given that I am being very picky about webnovels these days, I gotta start with the completed ones which I actually followed and finished reading myself. For now, this is the only completed one in my list. So, I’ll go with this.

It’s a story about a couple, Tang Ning and Mo Ting who marry each other because Tang Ning’s fiance cheated on her and Mo Ting’s fiancee never showed up for marriage. Tang Ning proposes Mo Ting to marry her, given their similar circumstances and Mo Ting agrees. Then it’s all about exacting revenges on her family, her fiance, making and eliminating more enemies and striking forever friendships along the way.

From the plot and the title, you would understand that this is a review and not really a recommendation. Having spent countless days, waiting for the chapters to be updated everyday, I can safely say that it was not worth it. Why I even finished it, is beyond me. Although I understand, it’s from the title of the novel itself, but damn that’s suspicious circumstances of marriage.

Would you, in real life, in your right mind, go to the nearest man you find near a marriage bureau coz you overheard them saying that their fiancee never showed up and be like, marry me? Okay, you were heartbroken at that point, you might have taken that step. But would you, in your right mind, just accept the marriage proposal from a random stranger, without any background information just like that? If you said yes to any of the questions, I am judging you very hard right now. 👀

Everything screams generic about this novel. Tang Ning was a model, got cheated by her lover, lost her international career for him, married Mo Ting who happened to be the king of entertainment industry and he launches her to become an actress. She takes on the role of producer and director later and that’s how her character grows. She also has the generic motto of I don’t make the first move. You attack me, I destroy you.

Mo Ting is your usual wife doting husband who grows from CEO of the best entertainment company in China to an actor and a scriptwriter because of his wife. Their friends and family have their own struggles and growth moments. Oh btw, Tang Ning also has a generic family with a step sister who wants to control the Tang business and is defeated by our female lead badly enough to not be able to make a comeback.

Am I happy having have read the whole thing? Nopes. By the end I was feeling like it was same thing being repeated again and again and again. A new enemy would appear, try to harm her or her family or her friends. And then she would make sure they don’t appear in her life again.

Perhaps the only good thing about the whole novel is the portrayal of netizens and how fickle minded they are. How they change their opinions about their idol in a moment and the hardships the people in entertainment industry have to go through, especially because of their so-called fans.

This is also one of the reasons I chose to review this novel. The recent incident with Sulli, Goo Hara and Cha In Ha was just sad. Like however one looks that they don’t really care, somewhere if people keep bashing you for being yourself, then you can’t help but go into deep depression. Poor people, how much they would have been suffering to finally take that step.

Apologies to have deviated from the review. Anyway, it is rather medium length per Chinese webnovels standards with 1274 chapters in total. The original story ends at chapter 1190 and then the story of Mo Ting’s and Tang Ning’s three children continues, which is more refreshing than the main plot tbh. Translation is of great quality and while the releases were happening, the translator was the most punctual of all the translations I have seen so far. I can name only one other translator this punctual.

Conclusion: All in all, I’ll give it 6/10 out of which 4/5 are for translation quality and rest for raising the issue of netizens in the novel and perhaps how it seemed interesting in the beginning.

Final Feelings: ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌

Read Here: Trial Marriage Husband on webnovel
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Personal Section: My apartment building had a broken boiler last week and it was just so hard to be using washroom early in the morning in -7 deg C cold. Damn these guys.

Anyway, another anime season is coming to an end. Most of the anime are ending next week and I am pretty sad. But I am also excited about Haikyuu’s new season coming up in January. Ugh, I wish I had more holidays like all my friends but all I am getting is just the Christmas day and New Year’s day. Anyway, I did manage to complete a lot of big tasks this weekend and am really looking forward to the one day off. Wishing all my readers a very merry Christmas and a warm, safe and happy new year 2020.

In today’s world, it’s very important to have proof of everything, so stay vigilant as well people. And with this, I’ll close out and start preparing for the work I have tomorrow. (Yes, I do work on Sundays!)

Today’s song: I am back with Stray Kids. I don’t know what songs I have already posted though. Let’s see, hopefully this I did not

Webnovel Review: Demon Wang’s Favorite Fei (鬼王的金牌宠妃)

Webnovel Review: Demon Wang’s Favorite Fei (鬼王的金牌宠妃)

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Bringing you another completed webnovel, here I am. I think it would be a good start to the whole review spree that I am beginning again. I should actually start reading some novels geared towards males. I have literally read so many so-called female webnovels, I should give the male ones a try.

Anyway, this is another novel from volarenovels and I am thankful to them for translating stuff which are not your typical stories. I mean, all the C-webnovels still have same tropes but when you want something different, however slight, just go to volare.

So, this novel is about a transmigrator called Murong Qi Qi, who, at the beginning of the novel has already been in this historical world for five years. Her background story is similar to all other transmigration stories; original owner is legitimate wife’s child but born with weak constitution, bullied by her own family member, ousted from her own home, dies and she, from the modern world takes over. In modern world as well, she was killed by either an organization or her lover or someone who was unusually obsessed about her.

While many novels rely on the growth of the female lead’s power since the time she migrates and as the plot goes on, what’s different here is that the our female lead is already an OP (overpowered) girl. She has been in this world for five years, plenty of time to develop her skills. She has acquired enough experience to be one of the best in martial arts as well as the art of poisons in this world. And then the story starts.

So, Murong Qi Qi goes back home on account of her pre-arranged marriage, takes revenge for the previous owner of the body and serves justice to each and every family member and other bullies. Another way this novel is vastly different from similar novels is that they lose their purpose once the revenge gets over. This novel trumps that and continues in the second half where she marries the “Demon Wang” Feng Cang, her male counterpart.

Now this Demon Prince has his own background story. He’s as powerful as Qi Qi, so he complements her very well. But he has a poison in his body since birth. And he is infamous for having his previous eight wives die on the first night of wedding. Murong Qi Qi is also wed to the guy as a sacrificial lamb for her country. But ultimately, she falls in love with him and helps him cure and solve the mystery of his poison.

What I really like about this novel is that it’s short (206 chapters and 2 extras) and there is tons of character development for not just the two lead characters but the people important in their lives, including their servants and family members. And it’s a happy ending for people who deserve it in the story.

Murong Qi Qi is a no non-sense eye for an eye girl who values her relationships with even her servants of many years. She would move mountains for people dear to her and I relate a lot with her in that sense. Feng Cang, on the other hand, is the usual, oh most handsome guy who dotes on his wife like anything. When it comes to power, he does complement Qi Qi but the major role in devising strategies is played by Qi Qi herself. All in all, he just supports her from behind or executes her ideas when required, but does not really interfere with/ take over what she is doing. I really like how they have actually given importance to the female lead here.

There are definitely some loopholes. There is absolutely no connection of how the Demon Wang came to love Qi Qi so much, why he was really doting on her from the get go. Like fine, he was attracted to her headstrong personality but he wasn’t aware of her martial arts or medical skills or even her beauty. Which reminds me, this is another one of those novels where female lead’s beauty can make nations fall. I don’t know why Chinese people are so obsessed with making the girls fairest and prettiest, like normal girls exist, okay?

The translation is very high quality except the translator has added the meanings of certain Chinese terms right after their use in the chapter, which sometimes is annoying. Rest is great in terms of grammar and choice of words.

Conclusion: It’s not the best out there but in terms of plot and tying lose ends, I would actually give it 7/10. OP female and male MCs are too cliche but I like the stories of side characters which has been given good amount of importance. The names are sometimes confusing for English audience but those are unimportant characters to begin with, so it should be not too bad. I do recommend it for one time read.

Final feelings: (⌒▽⌒)♡

Read here: Demon Wang’s Favorite Fei free on volare

Personal front: I finally started a ko-fi page for the starters. So, if you guys enjoy reading my posts and would like to buy me a coffee, this is where you go: http://ko-fi.com/eastasianlover. Thank you in advance!

I’m thinking of revamping this website and would need funds to have some custom domain may be and more features to explore. I’m still learning how this thing actually works but yeah.

Apart from that, I might have to start working on weekends starting next week, so I’ll start preparing a buffer for my posts so that the schedule remains and posts go out on time. I was looking for more webnovels and I might have another one finishing soon, so I will be able to review it.

Anyway, anyone following any anime this season? I have not looked at the fall anime list yet, nor read any synopsis. And there is no on-going drama or anime that I am watching right now, except Black Clover of course. Any recommendations?

It’s also starting to get colder here in northeast US. The temperatures early morning today dropped below 5 deg C. Sad that winters are coming. Now I have blabbered too much and it’s time for me to take my leave. See you guys around!

Today’s song: Been a while since I listened to any songs but I really like OSTs from Doctor John which I might review in the future. Here is one (the video will have some spoilers):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2JuenrV0DI

Webnovel Reco: Zi Xinyu’s Short Stories

Webnovel Reco: Zi Xinyu’s Short Stories

by eastasianlover ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Hello everyone,

I am suddenly running out of webnovels to review, because I haven’t finished many yet, lol. This week, I bring you some short stories I stumbled upon yesterday while traveling. This will again be a short post because I am out with the same friends again as last week.

So, these are 5 short stories from an author called Zi Xinyu and translated by timebun on volare novels. Three of them deal with life after death and reincarnation. All five of them are set in different time and background and they are disconnected from each other.

You also get to dive into Chinese folklore and beliefs a bit. Especially what happens once a human being dies. I wouldn’t delve into each one individually because they are just that, short stories. I will end up giving away the spoilers very easily.

But they’re so realistic, that you can totally relate to the characters. The stories are very well set, and you don’t feel lost while reading them. You don’t feel like you need to know any background about the characters to really understand the plots. I really want to appreciate the writing style of the author here. Simple and clear.

The best part however is, how touching the stories are. I really cannot describe the emotions but one or two of them made me cry, others made me ponder over life. It’s so intriguing how Zi Xinyu has weaved these plots on the simple aspects of life. Uhh… I think I am praising them too highly here but I think anyone can give them a try and see for yourself.

Conclusion: Just 5 chapters, 5 mins reading each. Perfect to read while traveling in a bus or maybe just wanting to take a break. Highly recommended. However, be warned that if you’re already down in life, you might not handle them well. They’re sad for sure.

Final feelings: (｡•́︿•̀｡)
These feelings reflect how I feel after reading the stories but not the stories themselves. I am quite glad I got to read them.

Read here: Read on Volare for free.

Personal front: I am back to NJ to my friends. One of my friends is getting married and since these are last bachelor days of his, I want to spend as much time as our own group as I can. Anyway, congratulations to my bro and sis-in-law. I hope I’ll be here when my sis-in-law arrives here in US.

Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed my two weekends with my friends. Sometimes I regret the missed love and friendship in these 24 years when I didn’t know them and the 1.5 years here during MS when I wasn’t as close to them as I am now. Regrets about that? Yes. Regrets about CMU or US or MS? No. I always say that only because of these relationships I have formed here.

Anyway, too much sentimental talks. I guess, I’ll take a break here. The stories above were already making me sad, now I am more sad. Congrats to my bro again.

Also, I am sorry about the short reviews recently. Have been busy and exhausted a bit. Will start right length as soon as I settle back down, which should be starting next week I guess.

Today’s song: Another Stray Kids song. This has been my life line for some time now. The only thing inspiring me these days. Plus that abs flashing, OMG (❤ω❤)

Disclaimer: The pics above belong to the author and volare novels. The song belongs to JYP Ent and Stray Kids.

Webnovel Reco: Rebirth of Malicious Empress of Military Lineage (重生之将门毒后)

Webnovel Reco: Rebirth of Malicious Empress of Military Lineage (重生之将门毒后)

by eastasianlover ♥ 2 Comments
Rebirth of Malicious Empress
Picture Credits: Novel Updates

Ahhhh!!! I finally broke the streak, didn’t I? Unfortunately, I hadn’t even decided on what novel to review and hadn’t started writing the post in advance. Damn last week was busy. I don’t have another completed novel in my library of webnovels (actually I have one but I am really hesitant to review it for now). So, today I will write about a novel which is almost ending and will be done by the end of the year if the translation pace keeps up.

Since we’re nearing the end for this particular novel, and spoilers do predict a happy ending, I will go ahead and review “Rebirth of Malicious Empress of Military Lineage” being translated by zazajunnie from ChubbyCheeks Translations.

Written by Qian Shan Cha Ke the novel runs for 230 chapters and some short stories. Currently 221 chapters have been translated. I started following the novel when only 150 or so chapters had been released. Wow, it has been some time. But there was no looking back. It’s hands down one of the best reincarnation stories I have read till now.

The novel is the story of a girl called Shen Miao whose whole family has been serving their country as prominent military generals. Both her parents and her brother lead their own armies and have brought many wins to the country. Shen Miao, being foolishly in love with the youngest prince of the country, chases after him, marries him and becomes empress of the nation only to destroy her family by her own hands, including her own children, the crown prince and princess. She is disposed off by her husband, the emperor and his favorite concubine and Shen Miao reincarnates into the body of her own 14 year old self, with all her memories intact from the past life.

She vows to take revenge on everyone who led to the demise of her family in her past life. Along the way, she ends up helping people who suffered the same fate as her own family. Son of another general of same status as her family in the same kingdom, Xie Jing Xing, starts taking interest in her and becomes the male lead of the novel.

Pretty cliche, right? Not really. There is a reason why I call this novel fantastic read. One, it’s short. Less than 300 chapters and a captivating plot? Sign me up! Since there are such few number of chapters, the novel is devoid of any fillers. Each and every step Shen Miao takes, leads to her resolving something from her past.

Two, a strong female lead. It is not a story where the female lead is sitting around being helped by her male lead behind the scenes. She does get help from him, knowingly or unknowingly but she devises her own schemes and execute them by her aides most of the time.

Three, it’s a fast paced story. It is not like the story drags on and on. Well, I did say there are no fillers. But also, once there is an end to some character, they are uprooted with the family, not to be mentioned again in most of the cases, unless they’re important characters. So, you don’t have to keep revisiting characters from previous arcs again and again.

Fourth, the translations are consistent. Well, it’s less than 15 chapters left, so it might not matter some 15 weeks from now. But zaza is really consistent with her pace, Mon and Thu are the set days but if she crosses a particular amount of donation for the week, she releases additional chapters on Fri and Sat.

Fifth, the novel actually explains the mechanism of rebirth. It’s not just like before dying she made a vow and heavens granted her wish and reincarnated her and that’s it. The author spends full 3-4 chapters on how Shen Miao came back to her 14 year self, what changed and what remained the same, which I really liked. The rebirth novels that I have read till now are so focused on revenge that they don’t delve deeper into this stuff at all. Here you really get to look into what happened in Shen Miao’s original timeline after she died, which is pretty cool.

The only caveat I would add is the translation itself. The translation, is not bad in any sense, but it’s kind of hard at first. You might even think if it’s just machine translation. Trust me I have read machine translated raws for this novel and they don not make sense at all. So, I really appreciate zaza to translate it how she’s doing it. To be honest though, the translations might not be for beginners though. There is a lot of paraphrasing and grammar is all over the place. So, just give it a try and see if you can get accustomed to it. Once you are, you won’t be able to stop, trust me.

Another thing I can say I didn’t find much intriguing is the second part of the novel. I cannot write about this thing without giving huge spoilers, but I am finding Shen Miao’s life after revenge a bit boring. It is just last 30 chapters or so, and I do want a closure. But I am just not feeling it right now. I’ll stick to it anyway because it’s near the end. BUT, this can also be one of the positive points. Usually in rebirth stories, once the revenge is over, the authors rush through the ending and finish the story in one chapter saying male and female lead lived happily after. Not here!

Also, one caution. It’s a fan translation, so it might be that in the future, zaza would need to take down her translations should the author demand so or if it’s picked up by any official translation websites like Qidian. But for now, enjoy at the link below.

Favorite Quote:

“Good people always blame themselves and bad people always blame others. But it is the bad people that live better off than the good people. If one can let one be happier a little, then what is there to be sad about being resentful of others?”

Shen Miao

Conclusion: It is a meticulous story of revenge done right, one step at a time. And I highly recommend it.

Final feelings: ♡( ◡‿◡ )

Read here: Rebirth of Malicious Empress at ChubbyCheeks

Personal Front: I am so sorry for missing the Saturday posting day this week to my readers. It’s just that I have a new project at my work and I have to learn a lot of stuff which I already don’t know. That’s been taking up quite a bit of my time. Also, apartment hunting. I hope I can finally move out of my current apartment after 3 years of staying here.

Anyway, I have got something to advertise a bit. There is this company trying to put out an event where you predict the rankings of the current seasonal anime series and if you score top points, you win free prizes. I have won twice and am getting the stuff I won pretty soon (I hope at least). So, you guys can participate as well. I will do a separate post with pictures as and when I get the free merchandise. Here is the link if you want to participate: Crystal Ball from BlockPunk

This is the same company which I mentioned in my last post, stating that I got to talk to their founders and all. Try your luck out! Good luck!!

Today’s Song: Let’s go with ever popular BlackPink’s recent comeback

Webnovel Review: Lost Treasure (失落的宝藏)

Webnovel Review: Lost Treasure (失落的宝藏)

by eastasianlover ♥ 1 Comment
Lost Treasure Cover

Sorry for the delay readers! I have been sick since Monday and working is really hard right now. More on it in the personal section later. Wait, did you think I finally missed on writing this week? Damn, I believed so too but ended up finishing the post yay!

Also, happy March everyone! A new month and a new cycle starts here for reviews (I have kept it up for four weeks! Phew!! It’s a record for me!!!)

Anyway, given the huge popularity of tomb raiding reviews I have done previously on my blog (The Mystic Nine and The Lost Tomb), I decided to review this novel which I started reading to satiate my thirst for thriller mysteries in C-novels. Gotta share good stuff with the readers no?

If you guys still haven’t discovered this, half of my blog posts are reviews and half are recommendations. The difference is, I recommend something when I am absolutely sure of it and am totally in love with it, enough to overlook all its flaws.

Although I take name of both tomb raiding dramas in this post, this novel has less to do with tomb raiding and more with just the general mystery and the desert and the *foreigners did some experiments and tried to take our treasures long long time ago but we gotta find it now because it is still a national treasure* kind of theme. If it is still keeping your interest, read on!

The novel is a short 58 chapters novel, written by author Shen Taiya. It follows an earnest small time reporter called Shen Yu who, unknowingly gets entangled with an army officer called Tang Can. Tang Can and his team have been working to find a special kind of gold which is said to come from space and is superior in quality but very fragile. As usual, it is also being coveted by greedy villagers and then there is mystery of Shen Yu’s and Tang Can’s past and other shady villagers involved.

Shen Yu is the protagonist here. She has parents who don’t seem to be all that normal. They have their own pasts and involvement with the gold matter. Not to mention, all the comrades of Tang Can involved in the major expedition in the novel have their fates connected with each other.

Plotwise, I think, the author has tried to include too much in too short a novel. This is the first and probably the last time you’ll hear me say this but the novel could have really really benefited from having more chapters. The mystery was great, if only the author had fleshed out a bit more details and not ended it in a rush.

And why would you rush on a novel with such a great potential anyway? Like, initially the story is too slow. Shen Yu’s mood swings are too much. Some of the more *this guy is my childhood sweetheart and only I have the right on his heart, how dare you even look at him* females are too annoying. In that way, it’s good that the drama has been kept short. But what started as very intriguing story went downhill really fast.

Till like 55th chapter, I was wondering how the author’s gonna tie everything and give it a good ending. They didn’t actually. The last reveal was ultimate though. Just that this. novel. needs. more. chapters.

As I said, there was real potential here when it comes to character development as well. Romance is a bit bland too. You would keep scratching your heads as to when Tang Can actually fell for Shen Yu. And whenever there is any scope of them being alone, something or other happens. I guess it was just there for the sake of it or that the author is not very experienced with romance.

The translation for the novel is impeccable. Sanguine from volare novels has done a great job with the terms and everything. Grammar is good and as usual, in the latter half of the novel, I was basically following it daily as the chapters came out.

Conclusion: As I said, I started reading the novel because I was looking for something related to tomb raiding. I ended up reading this because it mentioned all the mystery keywords found in a typical tomb raiding mystery webnovel like army, desert, mystery, gold etc. Ultimately, I was disappointed. But I still won’t dismiss it as such and since it is very short, I would recommend it to the desperate souls out there, just like me. Finally, I would give it 4.5/10.

Final feelings: (눈_눈)

Read here: Lost Treasure on Volare Novels

Personal Front: I woke up on Monday with a high fever, without any reason. I would have understood if I had gone outside any of the previous days, but I was home on Saturday and Sunday. I just couldn’t understand the reason for me suddenly developing a fever. And the whole week is blurry in my mind because all I was doing was sleeping. Work from home policy is just too good for any office. I also feel guilty but I wouldn’t have accomplished anything in the office anyway.

Even after 1 week of meds and sleeping, I am not exactly okay but getting better I guess. My voice is literally gone though. Anyway, during this time, I finished so many cliche rom com dramas (I even finished a J-drama which I seldom watch because of their exaggerated acting). And then I stumbled upon this drama called the Golden Eyes starring my fav Zhang Yixing. I had watched its trailer once but I completely forgot about it till now. It has all the elements of being a famous mystery, so I hope it doesn’t end up being like the previous two dramas I have reviewed.

Anyway, since I successfully finished the post, I will go sleep again. Happy reading everyone.

Today’s song: I ran out of songs to post. Let’s see. I don’t think I have posted any IU song yet. Last year she released one and became my favorite really fast. The lyrics are witty and give you such confidence in life:

Webnovel Review: Bringing the Nation’s Husband Home (国民老公带回家)

Webnovel Review: Bringing the Nation’s Husband Home (国民老公带回家)

by eastasianlover ♥ 5 Comments

I know, weird choice for starting webnovel reviews. But it’s the only Chinese webnovel that I have ever finished. So, I thought let’s begin with this. Please note, it’s a review and not a recommendation. I personally wouldn’t read any novels from the author of this particular novel including this one. But well, there are a lot of people who really like this kind of stuff.

Anyway. Written by Ye Fei Ye and serialized and translated by webnovel.com (Qidian), this romance fiction contains 973 chapters in total.

It’s the story about two people, very pretty Qiao Anhao and the most handsome guy of the nation, Lu Jinnian, who fell in love with each other on a rainy afternoon in their school days. However, they never got to confess about their feelings to each other. They chase each other in school and in professional world (both are in entertainment industry), never letting their true feelings out.

Through a series of misunderstandings and circumstances, Qiao Anhao gets married to Lu Jinnian but they keep thinking that the other person has a third party in their hearts. The story follows both of them, their families and friends and how finally, they get to realize that they are made for each other.

Now, it is fine till here. But any person with a brain would question how it can take 900+ chapters for two people, who by the way, are married to each other since the beginning of the novel, to understand that they actually like each other? Like, I really applaud this author to stretch the story so much just based on a simple misunderstanding.

The characters say one thing and hold back the important stuff, thinking it internally. What’s the use? A novel that could have been a great story and could have finished in like 100 chapters became an almost 1000 chapter novel. Indians will sympathize, but it beats Ekta Kapoor’s dramas.

Apparently, most of the novels from this particular author are like this. Not to mention the angst and rapey vibes of all novels (I personally haven’t read those but the synopsis of all of them screams the same thing) . Like the guy cannot talk about his real feelings yet he takes out his frustration of the girl not liking him back (do remember that it is all in his mind) through raping her time and again.

And the girl? Of course she doesn’t voice her opinion because she is content with the fact that she has the guy’s body at least, if not heart (again, it’s all in her mind). More than anything, you as a reader feel so frustrated that you just want to hold their heads and let them talk.

*Kiss Talk* This is how, you, as a reader, are going to feel at every point in the novel. Trust me!

Now don’t get me wrong. I am not really hating on the novel or the author (actually I am). I have immense respect for her. She fleshes out back stories of each and every character really neatly. Some cliches are unavoidable, like evil mother/ mother-in-law, clingy people who have main characters as their love interest and stuff.

But puh-lease. You both characters belong to rich background, just use your resources and for God’s sake, no for readers’ sake, just talk OMG!!! And please be done away with the guy forcing himself on the girl. It doesn’t even qualify for a smut, nor does it for what the fans of webnovels like to call it, snu-snu. *Alright rant over*

As is usual for a romance webnovel like this, there are a lot of faceslaps as well, satisfying ones at that. But they are not really able to climb over the high wall called frustration that one as a reader faces. Plus, all the characters barring Lu Jinnian’s step brother are really after tearing the couple apart. Like I don’t really know what’s going on in their mind. If you understand that two people are in love, why not just leave them alone.

I agree with some of the comments on NovelUpdates that state that the female lead is such a hollow character. Yeah, if you’re reading this review and you’ve reached here, you would say why did I even write this review. No, it was by no means to rant my feelings out. I read this novel like almost a year back. I just need to tell people that despite its popularity on Qidian, it’s not what you would want to start.

Conclusion: I would rate this novel as 1/5, just for the detailed writing and giving justice to most of the characters without a lot of loose ends. I would highly recommend people to stay away from it. It has no relation with reality at all and I personally think this might be the only love story (I don’t know about others by Ye Fei Ye) worse than Twilight.

Final feelings about the novel: (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

More Info: This novel also has an ongoing webcomic on Qidian itself and a Chinese drama called Pretty Man (I started it only to drop it at 2nd episode I think although it starred one of my favorite actors Dylan Xiong).

Read here: Bringing The Nation’s Husband Home on webnovel.com (Readers discretion is advised).

Personal Front: I celebrated my New Years at home which I visited after 1.5 years. It was a good vacation and I have been recharged. As I said in my last post, I have been focusing on myself and my learning lately and I feel much more positive than before. I guess meditating works after all. Once again, shout out to my friend who told me about a particular app for meditation

Anyway, nothing else has been happening and life is still going on and time is still flying by. Which reminds me, why is everyone on internet saying that January passed by very slow and it felt like years? Like people, 2019 started just yesterday and one whole month has gone by in a blink of an eye. Is it just me?

Today’s Song: I am back to podcast game and not really listening to songs these days but this particular one has stuck with me since I am following this anime this season:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hZ4_Kh_1Lw