Stock Up The Refrigerator And Travel Through Natural Disasters Novel Chapter -- Discussion

A bit rushed. Personally didn't really like how the mystical fridge was handled. Don't expect something serious or logical, but lively and slice of life-esque. Although it's a zombie apocalypse setting, this story doesn't feel very dark or depressing, and it's very fun.

It's not bad to read, and it's a female protagonist story with no romance, so that makes it a plus in my book. Also, she cares about a family that isn't horrible! Still, the thing about the fridge annoyed me so much; since it's literally the title, I guess I assumed a lot more thought would go into how it works and how the main character uses it to her advantage. Nope. I quit in the middle cuz of that.

It's honestly to a point it makes the MC feel dumb. She never tests or questions anything, and it's not even written to be comedic and light hearted, but serious. MC's carelessness is compensated for by good luck; she keeps running into stuff she needs, getting fortunate, and things turn out well for her. Not once does she think, oops, I was careless, that's a flaw of mine, I'll have to be more careful next time.

Complaint rant:

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I quit at around the time she encounters several trucks just collapsed against each other, all with immense amounts of things she just happens to need and doesn't have at home, and she just happens to have enough space to hold it all, but anyway.

First, through natural logic, why doesn't the MC put in gold and money to let it regenerate before the apocalypse happens? Why food? Later, she knows it's not possible, but at the beginning, when she didn't know, she didn't even test this out.

Second, once you figure out how the fridge works, you'll know it's the best to stock up on as many different items as possible. You want variety, not quantity, because even if you only buy one cherry, you can put the cherry in the first day to create another cherry, so you can have two cherries, and if you put both in the fridge, you get four cherries. You could fill the entire fridge with cherries using this if you wanted. But the fridge only has a limited number of spots, and so they're very precious. So, logically, all foods put into the fridge should be in portions for one person, for maximum efficiency. If more people happen to come, you can increase the amount of regenerated food using said method. MC ignores this fact and puts in huge amounts of staple foods, completely filling out the fridge. Why. Just why.

How does everything fit? How big is the MC's fridge? There's so many items, and it says MC bought several kilos of each. And not only the logistics; since MC filled out her fridge, if she ever takes out things from the fridge and puts items in it, the items regenerating the fridge the next day will overflow and may even break the thing in worse case scenario. MC's got to be really careful, but... she isn't. But nothing happens.

Money. It says MC got the money from her rich ex boyfriend, but she doesn't seem to care at all about him. Doesn't even have the decency to give him a text of warning, even though he's the reason she has all these supplies, and he seems like a nice guy. Novel chalks it up to her trying to avoid danger and not get involved with the original plot, but she's done so many dangerous things and gotten involved in the plot already, so it's pointless. Feels like an excuse. She's cold hearted, but not logical, so it feels like she's just mean.

Anything edible is regenerated, so why not put in other biological matter that can be used in interesting ways? Also curious at what defines 'edible' and 'non-edible'. Food containers and salt counts, but matches don't. And what would happen if you stuffed a person in there, wrapped in warm clothes, but this is an apocalypse novel, and the fridge spots are precious, so I understand we can't. But I guess I don't understand why MC doesn't put more thought into the fridge. How does it work? Why?

Lastly, if you have a fridge like this, along with so many items, natural first priority would be to keep it. You need to protect it, because it's your lifeline, and without it, you may die. There is a literal bigass fridge filled with food in her house. But MC cares a lot about survival but apparently very little about security. She buys tents and all sorts of items. If I had all that money, I would just rent a high tech, high security house to live in, in the countryside. Doesn't have to be for long. MC is a young woman, untrained, alone, in an apocalypse situation. She shouldn't think about fighting, but about hiding and keeping herself alive. Securing the house, making herself less noticeable, etc. But no, we buy weapons and shop, shop, shop.

And extra, but yeah, it's a system story, so of course we aren't told about why or how she has the system and golden finger in the first place. That's just how system stories are. Don't expect anything.

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My review: it's fine as long as you don't use your brain too much.