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Long story short, as far as I'm concerned, Don't pick up boyfriends from the tr*sh bin leaves all others QT novels behind in the dust. There's no comparition, even with the flagship of the genre FOD. The story is deep, the love is real, and the translation is just amazing. Recommending to my deathbed.Short story long (very long, you've been warned ^^') : the main points are the same, but there are some aspects in particular that deserve extra pointing out, and are definitely plus sides.1) The Writing, meaning both the author's particular one, and the translation. I already said the translation is exceedingly good. It is the one thing I check before anything else, because I truly have little patience for MTLs or slightly better. This instance was flawless from the beginning to current time, and I have no reason to believe this will chage as long as the translator stays the same. I have nothing but praises for baumkuchen, and I pray nothing will ever happen that will force them to stop their great job. As much as the worth of the translator, though, better yet, more than it, the original text needs to be good so that the TLr can work his/her magic and enchant the reader. Well, if I could read chinese, I have no doubts whatsoever that I would have devoured the original work just as well. It probably boils down to my personal preference, but the writing is very down to earth, with just the right dose of the chinese language typically lyrical quality to make it precious and not just about inconsistent as I often find it to be. I swear I can't remember one occasion in which I read about a character being described as "profound, period", which I find extremely frustrating on multiple levels. Besides that, the pacing is stable and well balanced between the main plotline and the side plotlines of each world, and it just flows very smoothly. So, this is definitely one of my favorite aspects.2) The Characters: so, I don't think this can be considered spoilerish, because it's kind of a trope that, in QTs, the MC takes upon themselves the behavior of the characters they play to avoid OOCness. Which should mean those characters actually have a personality, not just very very oh-so-very shit-luck. Don't misunderstand me, they do have it, but they are more than just that. They are talented in ways the MC isn't, and I'm not going to go deeper there, 'cause, no spoilers!, but their depth was something I enjoyed so much. As for the main characters, well, I have really few words for them: Chi XiaoChi is wicked, smart, cute and the best MC ever. ML is so sweet and caring in a non-passive way, and you can't just help falling in love with him. The feelings are perfectly relatable, and I. Just. LOVE EVERYONE. (Besides the Evil Pig Brain. You'll understand) 3) The Plot is frankly one of the most intriguing I met in my novel jumping. I won't speak much of it, because the reader deserves to be surprised by it, any anticipations would take something from the experience, but I will say that it runs deep below the surface. Also, another plus side, it keeps on developing during the transmigrations. It happens that, sometimes, the main plot just seems to disappear whenever the MC starts working on a new world, and only gets mentioned in the in-betweens. This is not the case in this novel, which gives extreme importance to the main plot, but without taking from the importance of the single instance. Don't know if that can make any sense to someone who's not read it yet.....So, seriously, just go read it. You will love it.... Why are you still here??!!