Shrank to a 3-Years-Old Child Chapter -- Discussion

Pardon me a little, okay? It's just my ranting and review because I just want to get somethings about it off my chest somewhere at least.

After finishing a mystery young adult book, I pretty much lost all of my brain cells. So, I was searching for a no-brainer novel with some fluffy romance and all. AND I stumbled upon it. Review in NU was pretty good and the description piqued my interest. Sooo... despite knowing it's not fully translated I started reading. Honestly the MTL part isn't bad and the novel isn't half-bad either. So why am I not writing a review like I normally do, we are going to talk about it here...

Now, if it was a bad novel then I wouldn't even bother reading, let alone writing a review about it. The plot has great potential in it. There is no dogblooded drama (though there are some unnecessary side plots which makes it draggy sometimes, but we're not going to talk about it here). There is ample amount of foreshadowing, it'll leave you guessing for a while (which is one of the best points of this novel). There is many misunderstanding between characters but honestly I think it has pretty good reason for it too. Of course, there are some plot holes but if you can gloss over it, it doesn't really affect the bigger picture.

... you'd think now that hmm... seems a good novel to me. But NO! The author did all these good things and set up a good plot but then damaged the whole thing. This frustrates me the most. The novel wasn't delivered quite the right way!

When our MC, Gu Qingqing, becomes 3 years old, the story starts. Her family and her younger brother, Gu Lan, are the one who takes care of her (later comes her previous suitor Bai something). So.. they spoil her and all that and their relationship gets closer. Now here is my first complaint that is, all of you have a pretty shitty relationship with her then why are spoiling her to the sky? Well, guess what, it's because she is cute and sensible. Like dude.. wth?

Now, there's a bunch of misunderstanding here which we are gonna analyze one by one-

Let's talk about the MC's relationship with her younger brother, Gu Lan. They have quite the shitty parents. They grew up without familial affections. So I can understand how their relationship got to where it was. Honestly, I can emphasize with the MC in this case. When your parent's attention is in their career and whatever amount of affection and attention you get, gets divided or goes solely to your younger sibling, the feeling isn't good. It doesn't mean that you hate your sibling or something, you love them just like others. But if there isn't enough communication then the relationship turns awkward and sometimes hostile. And in this case, the MC tried to protect her brother and had a showdown. It was her fault and her brother's too. It was kind of inevitable. But when MC became a child, Gu Lan spoiled her just because she's cute and he can't help but spoil her. Like author, we know that MC is cute and all but you don't have to remind us in every chapter. The issues here are quite real. I'll give it to the author. But the emotions and complications could have been depicted better. This imperfections just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Now, the relationship between MC and her eldest son is much more complicated. She wanted to control him and though he let her do that, he blamed and hated her too, for his own childhood physical ab*se (which by the way was the work of a psychopath who went to jail because of MC). Now don't ask me how no one knew about it when he is an heir to a big company. I don't have a clue either. The eldest, Fu Sijin, later developed psychological issues and trauma which led to his bad relationships (the fault was mostly on his part and he acknowledged it though). Look, real issue here. If the emotional scenes are written a bit better things would've been perfect. But NO! When he knew the truth that he misunderstood his mother. He blamed himself and was cured in a few days. Like mannnn... that's some serious stuff going on here and we are going to end this just like that?! Even if you know that this was not your mother's fault, but all the pain and sufferings are gone just like that?! #_#

Well, the relationship between the MC and her youngest son, Fu Sishen, is typical example of a teenage son who is in rebellious period with his parents. So, there's not really that much to say about that. Still, issues are realistic enough but it could have been written better.

The most disappointing thing in this novel is the ML, Fu Heng. He neglected his wife and family and treated his home like a hotel for two decades and didn't really communicate with her busying himself with his business. Now when he came to know that how because of his neglect, some crazy obsessive bit*h harassed MC for 20 years just to marry him. When MC became a child and he got know that MC wanted to divorce him, his love for her became so high that he wanted to pamper her to the sky. Honestly, he is a bastard. I don't really like these type of people who don't really cherish people but when the oppsite party wants to break it off with them, they won't let go. He couldn't even give her the thing she needed the most- sense of security and familial love. They were not in a toxic relationship but it wasn't a healthy one either. MC preserved through this for two decades and who wouldn't get tired of all this. Now when she changed back to her original form, he said sorry three times and asked forgiveness. Like bit*h what..? They are gonna gloss over this whole thing just like that...?!

That's when I dropped it, I didn't even bother reading it to the end.

P.S:

I wrote a review about this cause I cried in some scenes here and it really made me emotional *though don't know if it's because of periods or what*.

I solely wrote this review because of my hatred towards this ML ×_×

Honestly, instead of portraying the MC as a kind person, If the author made her more of a grey person with flaws and strengths in her character then it would give MC and the overall novel much more depth.

P.S: #2

Spoiler

Ok, searched for spoiler in NU. Guess what? MC and ML gets divorced but no one knew about it and then ML started to chase MC and again get together.

... still not gonna read it.... leaves a bad taste in my mouth like this... for the first time in a while I am NOT cool about happy ending!

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