Thursday, November 30, 2023

[SHORT REVIEWS] #8

Or "Pending/bookmarked novels" edition :D Note: upcoming, bookmarked, unfinished because of hiatuses, being on-going etc. No honestly, considering hundreds of bookmarked novels I have no idea when I will come around them or will I ever even do it or they will stay there unread. But some of the novels were added for a reason or two, like I was in a stage of reading certain novels, but some were left behind, next is that I liked the synopsis and might read it later.. but considering that summaries are often not corresponding to the content or straight out misleading, this I think is also a trap ahahaha. Let's do this! Note: I will skip on covers that are default JJ covers. So if a cover is missing it's not that I'm bad, but it's a basic cover.
万魔之父 by 蜀七
(mtl: Father to thousands of demons)
[BL] This is UPCOMING. I had this on the list for forever and I'm not even sure the author will come around this novel, but I still left it pending because the synopsis got me going. It tell a story in interstellar setting about a man named Mingze who was sentenced and sent to a plant Devil's Island, to be an entertainment for people watch him being tortured live, but the demons on this island called him Father. The cover is also chosen pretty, but author been writing about e-sports novel as their latest and they have a bit of fatigue signs where they don't update often in last months. So who knows if it'll ever see the light. I have several of such upcoming novels, some of them actually started serialization, that's why I don't lose hope (;_;)

(mtl: I wore it back after being a villain for ten years)
[BL] UPCOMING. I think it's gonna be a long wait. One of those I'm not sure will ever see the light of day. If I ever meet a similar outline I might read it too, but I really liked the concept of wearing books and going back to original "plot". The story promises something like this: Wen Linyu grew up weak in both body and mind, but he wore a cultivation plot where he became a villain. From the loss to being tempered he finally returned to his original world. Now who would dare to raise their hand against this seemingly "country bumpkin" that was picked up by his parents and not get a strong fist in return. Author has a lot of writing going on and who knows if it's a pitfall.
(mtl: Mistaking the villain Immortal Lord as the target of salvation)
[BL] Completed. Been pending for forever too. Probably because it has the cultivation setting I've been holding back on reading. I don't know sometimes these settings are not my favorite. But I see this author has several plots of "being mistaken". The general idea of it is: Bai Chenyu travels to the bloody script, his target is to save the protagonist shou and protect him, he does what he is told, but system told him that he chose the wrong person and saved the villain. After the escape plan and finally finding the protag the villain Immortal Lord found him.
(mtl: After my engagement was broken off, I was overjoyed to marry a wealthy family)
[BL] I think I know why this was pending. At first it might have been upcoming, but then it was serialized and seeing from he dates it's been fully completed only a month ago. Also the title is a bit off, since the "happy" marriage we're talking about is marrying someone who is sick to give the joy. Like all those plots where protag marries a comatose person. That kind of "happy" marriage. The story is supposed to be like this. Jian Xia's family faced a crisis, his engagement was broken off and he was offered a really good deal by the Fu family, so he agreed. Everyone waited fro Jian Xia to be a widow and a nanny for notorious Fu Hanyun, but things were different from expectations. Sounding very cliche, but who cares, also the rating on JJ are not bad :) But I've read at least one novel from this author, so it wasn't bad, I guess this is why I gave them a go.
蚀骨美人 by 夜雨行舟
(mtl: Bone erosion beauty)
[BL] Been pending for a reason, it was on-going when I started reading it and then it entered a long hiatus, I thought it was going to be dropped, but later it was picked up and completed. I even put a note that I finished reading at chapter 98, but believe it or not I can't remember a single thing. I've read too many things in-between, so I was waiting for completion and also for the mood to arrive. But at least I remember that I liked it, thus I was reading it despite the "on-going" status. Also I believe the cover was changed, but not sure. Synopsis: Xie Mian died and signed a contract to be the most beautiful and terrifying NPC in the reincarnation world. After the contract was over he returned to his original world where Xie Mian was riddled with black materials online and netizens asked him to leave the entertainment, but suddenly he was supported by many bosses. The settings were interesting, thus I started to read and I think because of MC's personality I continued. But honestly, beats me I really can't remember a thing :D
(mtl: After becoming famous, wealthy people became my fans)
[BL] This one was pending for a reason that it was still on-going while I was reading, so I stopped at chapter 102 and the total count is 133+extras. And because I happen to read it more than a year ago I remember too little, but I can still give the overall idea :) Jiang Fang was sent to be a monk, not really, his health from birth was quite weak, so it was advised to send him to recuperate, this lasted for years. Now the monk sent him home, but he was not close to his parents or his younger brother, since the lived separately for years. His younger brother debuted and had to bring a brother on the show, so instead of a fake one he invited the true one. Jiang Fang agreed for numeneration, but not because he is money-loving person, he needed funds for his own lab. As one doesn't know Jiang Fang is a highly achieving student. ML Cheng Si comes from a wealthy family, his sister alarmed the Cheng family for spending a load of money on chasing stars, Cheng Si was tasked to deal with it, but unknowingly became a fan of Jiang Fan himself. From what I remember it's basically brothers coming together after years of separation and because Jiang Fang is more mature he also makes Jiang Qi pull his s*it together. Cheng Si and Jiang Fan get to know each other through this online relationship. So it was on okay story, nothing fancy. This is why i don't think I'll complete it, even if only few chapters are left for me to read.

(mtl: The Shura field is very lively today)
[BL] I think I know why I might have put it on hold, because it has chasing wife into crematorium and ML was quite toxic in his last life. But the thing is that MC is a task person, he comes into this world with a target as his mission, his first target was Yan Huan. He spent a long time by this person's side, but his heart was never moved (not really true). He also had a White Moonlight in his heart, so even at a critical moment he saved Zhou Lu and not him. Ironically White Moonlight is just a shit pit that used him for his status, while his little painter Chen Qi failed his mission and died on a hospital bed. The novel starts very cliche, MC fails in his chase and is riddled with sickness, dies alone. While ML finally finds out that he's been played with by the man he cherished and the one who truly loved him is not here anymore. After rebirth Chen Qi chooses a different target, while Yan Huan is reborn. So this is the gist of this story. But again, because of the toxicity of ML in the past it was put aside. I've read several novels like these and they're mostly similar.
(mtl: I passed by male protagonist's set today)
[BL] This has a pretty interesting setting, but I'm not sure about the content. Yet the summary is as follows. There is a boy group, name them ABCDE, while four are protagonists of their own stories, while the E (Yi Wan) is a passer-by figure. A is a reborn person, switched at birth. Involved with Shura fields and crematoriums every day. B is a top scorer, but actually he came from the past, so his paintings/calligraphy are praised. C is a person with super powers, every night he travels through plots of his movies, thus claimed as one of the greatest actors. D is an Infinite Stream player, he disappears sometimes to go to the dungeons, but because of it he is famed in extreme sports and strange things happening around him. E is... really just a passer-by, but he is forced to be involved with everyone.
(mtl: Perfect Villain)
[BL] Reason for pending.. well, it's still on-going. I added it a long ago, it started in '21 and in '23 it's still not over, and it's not like it accumulated a lot of content (200+ chapters) but the chapters are lengthy (avg. 8k characters, when usually they post 3k). But the reason I added it is because it was QT and also the premise was promising: Ze Ming was sentenced to 30,000 years in prison and the system sent him an invitation to be a villain in the plots, or more likely choose one from three options: become good, continue the original plot or choose a stable life. While Ze Ming chose the forth - being a perfect villain.
(mtl: The spare tire is broken)
[BL] Reading the synopsis I think I know why I left it pending, because it's the same old weird MLs who chase their wives, even if they did many bad things before. Was I in a phase or something. Anyway, the story is about Cheng Muyun, he is like a person with no heart, used to overcome love tribulations, but he left a mess after himself, was pushed into the punishment world and later send to re-do the things he did. Because of the plane crash described in the synopsis of the first world I realized what it was, but the impression is vague~~ and it may be not it at all, because this type of situation was used by other too. This is why I put it down after finishing the first arc. Honestly, some of the bookmarked novels don't sound bad, but other I think were from a phase of let's see who chases their wives and how.

(mtl: Tool man in the supernatural novel is awakened)
[BL] "Knowing the plot" type of novel, since the MC Bai Zhan drems that he is actually a wealthy son, who was switched at birth by his biological parents because of feudal superstitions and his fate was to go back and face all type of calculation. Bai Zhan refused to do it while he had loving parents, but he was hit by a supernatural system that issued tasks, one of the first was to go and find himself a gong. I remember I started it and reached the part where MC really went to the cemetery, so you can guess what type of gong will be :) Anyway, it had a fine start, but beats me why I put it on hold.
(mtl: The whole world is fascinated by me)
[BL] It is one I put on hold after reading the summary. But nw wasting a bit of time reading beginning and then.. reading the ending to get the idea, I'll move it to the dropped folder. For a simple reason, within first few chapters I didn't like the humor and the MC gave off oblivious vibes I don't like. Reading the ending it basically confirmed it that MC still kept on calling himself and ML socialist brotherhoodthe backtracking. Maybe it's a joke, but I don't get it. The summary was as follows: Xiao Ran crossed into a male protag plot and he was playing a small cannon fodder. But Xiao Ran who ran for his career with the art of flattery saved himself from being disabled in the first meeting against male protag. But the system issued a task, either follow the lines or receive a punishment, which is basically him turning into a puddle as if he was drugged at the touch of protag. I don't like when authors pick up straight men for characters in a BL novel and MC straight out said that he wanted to marry a wife in his original world. Now he has a body that is perfect for a shou, what to do. He treated everyone as a brother which was annoying, while other people also pretended as such but still vying him.. I mean I felt bad about how it was set. I can understand when a character who never loved and never cared about gender finds a male lover, but when someone who says hetero shit is converted I am like 'nope'. DROPPED.
(mtl: Bai Lian's stand-in collapsed today)
[BL] This story is engaging, especially the MC, but I made a pause, which I suppose lasted for a long time. But what can I do, sometimes I get tired from reading when things reach chapters 70+ and I need a break :D What happened here? Lin Jianqiu traveled into a script of a cannon fodder, someone who was used as a stand-in, but when the White Moonlight appeared of course he was pushed out. Now Lin Jianqiu arrived and was standing on the sideroad with nothing but few dimes in his pocket. Original owner would deem impossible for him to do dirty work, so he had a grim ending, but Lin Jianqiu is not like that. This is what bought me with such MC, although he had nothing at least he knew that having too much dignity will not allow him to survive, but actually although it felt like he has no dignity when doing things, actually he also felt very strong-hearted, like nothing can beat him. This is the what I find different with the modern people, many consider it not worthy of them doing something that started to be called a "dirty" job, some basic jobs like a plumber, electrician and such to me are more valuable than some cheap influencer on IG that did nothing for anyone tbh. Thus I can't see anything bad about what Lin Jianqiu went through. But one thing is for sure, I'll have to re-read the first half when I get back to it lol.

天生富贵骨 by 木兮娘
(mtl: Born to be rich)
[BL] Well, this is mostly a story-driven novel, because the main emphasis was on the MC Luo Bai, who strived to get the place where he lived to get better. He arrived to "serve the plot", but arrived years later, so while he was doing good deeds the supposed-to-be main protag was close to him for a long time. Well, it is connected to agriculture, because the young Luo Bai helped people to organize at first and many things happened under his advice. I've read half of the story, but then again sometimes if I do pause and especially in cases when I switch to something else I may never return, it's such a bad habit.
我地下有人 by 咖啡色的团子
(mtl: There is someone undergound)
[BL] The reason for pending is simple. It's not completed yet, it was on hiatus and the ending is really dragging to be finished for some time. But I did start it and reached ch28. It is a story about Qi Yue, a civil servant from underworld, he finally can retire and his new body is a true master that is retreived to be married off. But what he likes is that his new husband attracts ghosts like a magnet, so you can imagine a bit of comedy situation between the two, he's feared by ghosts and his husband attracts ghosts. I remember the beginning a bit, because the body he possesed was offed by a ghost and his family, something was wrong with his body, so he lived with the master, but the formation at the house was tempered with resulting with an accident and the master was no longer there. Biological parents actually use formations to rob luck and accumulate wealth so they don't care about anything else, they also have a smaller child who had a ghost stuck to him and they didn't care. From here the story started.
(mtl: After the cannon fodder female partner gets rich)
[BG] I've started this last year, same year it suddenly went on a year-long hiatus. And I started only because I've read other novels from this author. I just like to read QT with counterattack plots. But unfortunately it went silent and now I'm not sure what will happen, usually novels after a long hiatus don't get much, because I can understand that passion might go out in such a long period. The summary is like many others, we have Gu Xi who should be cannon fodder role in the story, so she changes fate not to have a sad ending. The other big QT novel I read from them sounds like "She quit being a doormat".
(mtl: After dressing up as a villain female partner's sister she can do decathlon)
[BG] Female protag is from a welthier family, but has a frail body, now she crosses into the novel, female partner's older sister. Both sisters lost their parents, but were left with inheritance, but because of loos of control original  Shen Lu spent money lavishly, but also was emotionally simple and could not turn on the right track. Protag crosses when both she and her sister are in school, she's much older than the future female partner, who is now just a small cub in comparison. I stopped at ch55 and that's a third of the story, so I have no idea about the romance. But the basic idea behind the third I read from my foggy memory is a simple relationship between two sisters. I think they might have even met the small heroine of the book too. Anyway, Shen Lu changed her ways and it also helped Shen Youyou. I know myself, I might have been a little bored, but I know it wasn't a bad story. It also has high ranking and rates on JJ.

(mtl: Daily pampering of sadistic novel's heroine)
[BG] The premise might sound quite interesting, because the heroine He Wei was reborn for 10 times and it rebirth is always triggered by something, like she can't be bullied, cannot be cheated on etc. But when I started and it I didn't like the MC, you know how you don't click with MC's temperament :) she didn't sound to me like a person who is bound by a system and went through so many rebirths. The first scene starts from a break-up where the male protag, who is her boyfriend, cheats on her in the house, it's rain and thunder outside so they haven't noticed her, so she pulls.. antique standing near the exit? What is this showing off? So she breaks up and leaves and thinks about that it'll be her tenth death.. this is why I can't understand the psychology of MC that was described. Anyway, and then she orders his driver to BUMP into her, she's nto hit, but scared, thus she meets male protag's half-brother, our ML. And he's like "You finally broke up". So I'm like, I'm not ready for this, I'm out. If you deem this interesting everyone can happily try it out, I'm no judge if it's good or not, but I don't like forced plots like when MC has to go through something and not go apeshit on everyone.

(mtl: Green tea girfriend doesn't want to be popular)
[BG] Su Chenyu finally sat in the position of the queen and overpowered the emperor to death, but once she opened her eyes and traveled into supporting female character. She poured some green tea in front of reporters when they asked her about her fiance who escaped the engagement to find his white moonlight and decided to be a vase in entertainment and earn money easily. I know I will re-read this one, even if I stopped at ch55 (total 119+extras), but the memory should be freshened up. Yet I was hooked by her actions in the summary and they were the same in the novel, no cheating. I even took notes that it was interesting and funny. But you can see from the chapter number where I stopped that I have a problem reaching this stage, I can get distracted :) Nowadays I try to really either finish the novel, or at least read first part and the last if I'm not feeling it, or I drop it with confidence, not this falf-assed attitude lol :D

(mtl: The big guys also came back with me)
[BL] I've read part of it, it's basically a pampered life after wearing it back. Basically Lin Jingran entered entertainment industry along with another person, they managed to develop feelings, but when another became popular you can guess that things changed. Lin Jingran wore a pampered prince script in the ancient times where his royal brothers loved him, but he met unfortunate accident and wore it back. But found that some people looked exactly like those he knew in ancient times. And yeah they are his brothers who now are different people from the industry and they could help him get on track and the pampered life continues, so very laid-back story I'd say :)

(mtl: My mother-in-law is reborn [70s])
[BG] You can guess by the title, mother-in-law is reborn after an accident, because she saw changes of times and now she decided to lead her family to prosperity and who doesn't agry show the iron fist. And one of her daughters-in-law saw this as a dream, so she basically had the attitude of sticking to this golden thigh. So you can guess where it goes. I think someone in the comments said that it's more like a double heroine. Anyway, sounds okay and has good ratings, but I think I was not in the mood for this type of story when I started it and left it for later or never. It's also long (219+extras).

Well, let's leave with this many for now :) There are still many more, but I've been collecting this for two days already ahaha Honestly, I look at myself and think - I'm such a hoarder. Some of these been collecting dust for a long time (literally more than a year), should I take an attitude of being fated or not fated then :D
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