- #1
If you’re an intelligent reader do not, I repeat, do NOT waste your time on this novel. The only reason I’m this far into the novel is because I had a few days off work and wanted to procrastinate, I’m a fast reader and the word count for each chapter really isn’t anything to write home about hence I was able to sift through it pretty quickly. Got to my current chapter in less than a day and have decidedly come to the relieving conclusion of dropping it. Here are some reasons why (most of which have already been mentioned by other reviewers) :
- Lack of logical continuity. This is a sign of an incompetent writer who doesn’t take the time to develop his/her characters and a general outline of the story. I don’t respect such people. This author is very unprofessional with their plot ideas - a) skills which seemed to be a large part of the MC’s arsenal is quickly soon forgotten or conveniently discarded to create helpless situations which could otherwise have been easily solved; b) characters who are somewhat “important” in the beginning of the story disappear for hundreds of chapters only to be briefly mentioned again for the sake of carrying on with the plot. It’s not until somewhere in the late 300+ chapters that we hear about the MC’s biological brother who apparently has been missing and not dead all this while. Why bring him up again? So the MC can keep on hating her family, the Nalans, who cruelly abandoned her. Everything and anything can be “conveniently” plugged in for the sake of furthering an already lacklustre plot even if it makes absolutely no sense or was impossible literally 3 chapters ago.
- The MC lacks presence. She has absolutely no redeeming qualities besides her beauty which is described in every single chapter. In fact, everything she knows is from this inheritance of hers - nothing to do with her past life or her own accumulated knowledge. New poison? She’s conveniently read about it from her inheritance. I’m sick of this over-used trope!
- Male lead is another “cold-aura-hell-king-no one else can get close to except the MC- overbearing, narcissistic, psychotic and unhinged, guy with an abandonment complex. Will not let MC out of his sight and will handcuff and imprison her if he could- does not respect personal space, has zero ability to deal with rejection and on top of all this suffers from unreasonable childlike jealousy-inducing tantrums. He absolutely loses his sh*t just because the MC is treating some guy’s wounds - like, hello, she’s a medic. It’s her JOB?
- It’s a harem with no credibility. There’s no viable reason why any of these guys are initially interested in the MC - including the male lead and one of the main antagonists. Things just happen because, once again, the MC is an unparalleled beauty with a jade face and bright, shiny eyes as deep as the constellations. Get real.