[SHORT REVIEWS] #16

This time not much to share and mainly no good catches, because this time was not very productive in terms of searching, which made me feel so out of luck with books.

这个炮灰女配我不当了 by 甘米儿

(mtl: I don't want to be a female supporting role anymore)

[BG] On-going. Summary: There are always those supporting roles in the novel that are stupid and pester male protagonists and go against female protagonists, they have bad endings. Always. But one days these female supporting roles woke up.

I've read only 4 arcs, the last arc I was reading I started skipping like insane, because I was this bored. Let me explain. This novel has quite high ranking, but the premise which sounded interesting is now a mystery to me. At first I thought it involved different cannon fodders in different stories, but there are some ambiguous phrases that indicate that this is one person being reborn world after world.

The next point is how these worlds are connected, we have a "female protag", her name is Su Yue, but she's not our main girl, she comes from that Time Bureau, she got through connections and she passes one or two easiest worlds to become a salted fish at work. But each world now ended in failure and it will affect her traversing career. In each world the ex-cannon fodder awakes with memories of past or future (muddled settings) and they look at their life as if they wake up.

Although it might sound interesting, the execution is shitty in my opinion. This girl Su Yue might not appear at all for the longest of time, she relies only on "luck" and thinks that the protag will fall in love with her at first sight, which is not the case. She only pesters male protag for a bit before male protag is repulsed by her and she is offed by the system.

What is boring about the novel itself? Everything. There are no twists and turns, it's just everyday cookies, because FMC changes and suddenly she is better than before, especially skill-wise (sometimes it feels weird to be honest, like big convenience). Next thing is the male protag or suporting male role, depending on the situation, falls in love with FMC quite quickly, so they come together. Honestly the plots are quite stale, even if I sometimes like some easy stuff, but it did not evoke any interest in me. Also they are all "chronological", meaning they describe period from 80's, 90's and early 00's.

Overall impression is that when you want something this specific then you can read it, but if you seek entertainment, this will be a boring time to you.

臣女素来有病 by 诸葛扇

(mtl: This daughter has always been ill)

[BG] On-going. Summary: Ji Ping'An travelled through and her situation was dire. She is an orphan but with a big dowry. As a girl in ancient times she had no other choice but take refugee in the Song family. And soon the male protag will weave a net of love trap for her to make her a concubine and get all her ineritance, but will eventually use her money to overturn the empire and abandon her since she had no use anymore. Sighing at the situation Ping'An pulled her maid and created a sickly personality for herself who travels a lot, donates, saves people and created a great prestige. While doing this she searched for a proper husband to leave the Song family. After a long search she lied her eyes upon a taciturn hunter. He had nothing, so she won't need to live and serve mothers-in-law and fathers-in-law. 

She also complained to her maid about the "tyrant" in the book who will eventually be pulled down, the hunter listened. Who knew that the hunter is the infamous "tyrant".

Zhou Sheng got angry every time when he met with Ji Ping'An for treatment and wanted to screw her head off himself. But every time he stopped. but other suffered from his temper. After so many twists and turns he just kidnapped the girl and brought her back to the palace.

The premise of this story sounded fun, this is why I added it. Usually I avoid ancient novels, but I decided to try out this one. I haven't started it yet to get a glimpse. So we'll see if it's going to be good or bad.

一直快穿一直爽 by 五朵蘑菇

(mtl: Make yourself comfortable while transmigrating worlds)

[BG] Completed. I'm not going to even bother to make a summary for this one, because this happened to be an insane garbage. Basically FMC is aclled Bai Zhenzhen, she is a treverser with a system, plays the supporting role, but suddenly she is sent to a world and it had no system and no tasks, she knows the plot, but she is not restricted. So in the first world she is a rich adopted daughter (not true/fake ones), she was left with this family, because her own was reorganized, her parents are gone and her brother and uncle left to other country, leaving her behind for some reason. The settings in this story are just there, illogical, but no one dives into details, readers all comment how bad the settings are. Anyway and she is just a person who wants to spend her time well, thus she sticks to ML or anyone who can provide her basically, she does nothing by herself. ML grew up with her and suddenly had an idea about her, she actually used him for sex and then left as if it wasn't her. Just insane. Again MC without any redeeming qualities but people start feeling attracted to her or protect her, while she basically does nothing. Also has no bottom line and doesn't care. Have no liking for such MCs. I looked up what the second arc was about, a stepmother who tried to get with her stepson. Just ewe.

厌世美人重生后想开了 by 一笑书空

(mtl: World-weary beauty came to his sense after rebirth)

[BL] Completed (?) Hiatus. Summary: Lin Ling was adopted by the Wang family, but soon the Wang family had their own son, eventually Lin Ling was abused and only grandmother saved him. When he became an adult he joined entertainment industry to help grandma pay the medical bills and Wang family seeing his value again started to sucking blood. But incident after incident and Lin Ling was blackened on the net, the company ignored him and he was used by his bf and cousin. Everyone hated him left and right. As it seems he is a cannon fodder and the protag is Wang Siming, his cousin. He is reborn and soon will be the breaking point of his career, he stopped caring about family love or anything else. The only person who can still pull on his heart strings is Jian Ci.

I'd say it's pretty pretentious story. I feel sorry that author got sick during writing, but it's still a pretentious story with at least 30 paragraphs describing Lin Ling as a beauty, his face etc. Basially Lin Ling is like Kendrick, with bitch resting face, he "suffered" from it, because many like to create stories around half-truths. Lin Ling is insanely beautiful, but his face plays against him. Another thing like why create such a premise where Wang Siming is just a talentless dude that comes from an average family. The Wang family isn't rich at all, they only got into industry through Lin Ling. And he acted like a big shot, but he's a protag? Okay. His bf is also a useless scumbag who used his audition quota to become popular, but honestly garbage won't last long, this feels illogical. I hate such forced plots where everyone is shown like a brainless puppet. Jian Ci and Lin Ling married in last life and Jian Ci was the only one who helped him in hard times.

Anyway, a big pass.

还有这种好事儿？[快穿] by 兰桂

(mtl: Is there such a good thing?)

[BG] On-going. Summary: Shen Yunxuan was dealt a bad deck of cards in every life. She tried her best and others thought she was a winner in life. Now she returns to the beginning and is reborn, but there are always someone who wants to grab her bad life.

FMC is a bit pretentious to me, like a goodie two shoes, in general she always chants about how one should take step by step, avoid complacency etc. One can't deny that she tried her best in those lives, but she worked really hard for a chance to live peacefully.

What's the catch? Each rebirth is a new world, Shen Yunxuan is the only FMC, but next to her it's either a sister or a relative who wants to snatch her "good fate". These are stereotypical brainless women who think Yunxuan had a good fate and if they lie down and wait, they will reach the glory. But they always forget that they and Yunxuan are inherently different people. Also they only saw the surface, but they never saw what happened behid the scenes.

This part is what I especially liked. Everyone saw teh glory, but had no idea about the disputes and hardships that Yunxuan had to go through.

In the first arc her marriage was arranged to marry in order to repay the life saving grace. In previous life she worked hard in the husband's family with all those old rules that no one follows and other thought it was her husband who did the business, but it solely relied on Yunxuan. This time she married a wealthy person, but the reaction of the reborn girl made her pay attention to her new family, eventually she prevented a big accident and uncovered the conspiracy of this wealthy family. While the reborn girl lied and waited for her husband to start business and become a tycoon, yet no tycoon appeared. Yunxuan also had a love relationship with her husband, so she got the love she never had before.

In the second life Yunzuan worked hard as a stand-in and through some events had a chance to star in big movies and reach fame, she had a thorny path but it was worth it. While her roommate did not have the same glory and ended up mediocre, even though she started in a big production. Now she wanted to snatch the stand-in job (yeah I know, very "smart"). As it happened Yunxuan was talented in writing and she also had the business acumen from previous life and negotiated with producers and sponsors to retain the original plot that played a big role in ratings. She worked bit by bit to becoming a boss herself, while her roommate waited for opportunities that never came. 

Every life is a good change for Yunxuan, she doesn't need to work as hard, to seek love etc. She also has best partners in her lives who love her and she loves tem too. Her life is steady and she strives to achieve the good for others not only herself. in comparison to other novels that I'e read in this period I was quite satisfied with this one.