Wine and Gun Chapter Completed Discussion

If there's a single crime novel that you had to throw away your morals temporarily for, it's this one. No, seriously. The author makes sure that the reader is aware of how sick both the MC and the ML are- which is totally fine, that's the point of writing them! The writing and especially transitions are so well done, and the transitions read like cuts in a crime drama. Each serial killer showcased in the novel has their own sense of aesthetic and twisted morals, including the MC and ml, and the author has put so, so much work referencing the bible, famous works of art, novels, etc that nearly every chapter has a footnote. It's morbid, gruesome, but also interesting in their own ways.

This isn't a typical wish fulfillment "I want to see a character doing this and that" without thinking about the consequences, the world and other characters are all built so well upon each other. You might think 790k chinese characters (don't know how many words a full translation would be, but it would probably be more considering how English is haha) may go by really slow, but this just makes you want to keep reading. There's a lot of cases and series of events, but they're all so engaging!

Major spoilers below

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Every character has their own personality, like they actually exist instead of serving as another simple foil to emphasize MC and ml's power (though they are definitely strong), but the characters you would hope to be intelligent are actually intelligent! MC and ml's identities were revealed around the second half, which is still really quick. Even after the ending, where they escape to another land, they know that they're being watched by the guards/special forces of that country (which makes it even more interesting because they have to, like, phone the boss? Of that area and casually ask if they can kill someone lol).

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Anyway, to sum it up it's basically about two freaks pretending to be functioning members of society in a city ridden with crime, investigations, and most of all lashing out on each other!! If you like love-hate relationships with around the same level of power, come read Wine & Gun! Thank you to the translator as well and good luck :D

"If I don't kill you in this moment, I will fall in love with you someday." - Herstal