Don’t Cry Chapter 87 Discussion

I really wanted to like this, because of the stellar reviews. And in fact, this is a good story if you're a beginner to Chinese novels and hasn't read a hundred books with more or less the same plot. I really tried to finish this, since there are more or less fifteen chapters left in the mtl, but I couldn't take it anymore.

For the FL:

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The FL, Tang Ran, is the same female lead as all of the other stories out there. She basically screams shoujo. Beautiful, frail, and had a heart of gold. Everywhere she goes, flowers and sparkles basically bloom around her. Pros are that she could sometimes stand up to herself, but more often than not, she gets bullied and the people around her (mainly the male lead or his friends) has to defend her honor. She's also a frail beauty, with several descriptions of how obedient, pitiful, and innocent she was. As a main character, I really couldn't relate to her. Because she's so 'kind, ' even the angst fell flat because she doesn't really feel anything deeply, and her heart is like a saint that shines pure white light.

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For the ML:

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Male lead is constantly described as 'lazy, ' 'careless' and 'handsome.' Typical descriptions are "he lazily glanced at her, his voice was lazy and careless, he was so handsome that it stunned all the girls in the nearby vicinity." An advantage is that he's more real than the MC Tang Ran (less of a cardboard cut out), and has more emotions. He also isn't cold to the FL either, although he denies his feelings several times when people around him confront him about it. Basically telling them arrogantly, "Of course I won't care about her, " etc. Part of his caring feelings for the FL are also because of their past, because he was the reason why the FL became blind. And he also forgot about her for ten years because of his trauma.

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Also another plus point to this ML is that he spoils FL.

All in all, I recommend this novel for those who like very sweet, very fluffy, and very typical shoujo romance novels. I tried to finish this several times, but maybe because I had read too much novels similar to these, it became too boring to me that I caught myself in a daze more than once while reading. This reads like cotton candy—no depth, sweet at first bite, but too much and you'll get sick of it. Please take note that this is just my opinion though, maybe this novel might be your cup of... cotton candy.