Transmigration of Mian [Reluctantly] Becomes His Man [Wife] Chapter 190 Discussion

It was good till the royal arc at the end. Then it was a WTF moment for me because I was rationalising the characters actions. The points after this are mostly going to focus on what frustrated me most.

Secondly, the space thing was just a prop at the beginning. It was dumped like the author didn't know how to integrate it into the story in the first half of the book.

Thirdly, other than fluff, the book is weak in every other emotion. There are golden opportunities laying everywhere (because of the depth of the side characters) to create contrasting emotions in the readers. Spoiler

For example, the male lead's stepmother, Du. She acted terribly towards her stepchild and was stingy, miserly and strict in handling the salaries of everyone in the family, including her married sons. BUT it's undeniable that her frugality is what kept the family afloat. She is a hateful character but her one redemption point is that she had the foresight to pour all their income into sending the most talented child in the family to school till he becomes an official. To that end, her demise was weak. Especially after all the build-up. The emotional reaction (relief, sadness, anger) was flat when we were informed of her downfall.

[collapse] When someone dies, the two leads' reactions are flat. When someone marries, their reactions are flat. At a newborn's ceremony, they don't even do something extra that warms the readers hearts (the other characters are gratified by their material generousity though, but we, the readers, know that's just a drop in the ocean for them). Outside their little bubble of their nuclear family, they can offer help to others but don't really care if those people stumble or not.

That said, I liked reading about the MC building his businesses (though all the food seemed to involve noodles for some reason, LOL).

The cultivation and the royal arc just seemed to pop out suddenly though but it's okay. That said, a lot of foreshadowed characters get "wasted" Spoiler

we get an epic, through illogical bargaining, scene where the meet a man hunting a wolf prey that the MC feels a connection to. The male lead, irrationally, pulls out a precious bottle poison holding a rare all detoxifying pill from nowhere in exchange for the little wolf. The pill is so rare, it is supposed to attract sweet trouble later! But, sadly, many chapters later, the pill really has no effect on the storyline than to link those two as acquaintances, though the characters could just be easily as linked as a love interest of the main characters close business friend.

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Again, lots of wasted foreshadowing that are letdown by their flat influence on the storyline.

The great thing that hooked me in initially is the development and uniqueness of each side characters, especially the male lead's family. Initially each had their own drive for doing what they did and acting how they did. Though I felt the characters were watered down a bit towards the end. But I really wanted to see more beautiful side character development e.g. The people they bought that hang around the MCs all day. We know them and their names but for all that they could just be interchanged and the story will still flow. Basically, they were all cardboard cutouts there to occupy space..

As for the revenge and face-slapping? The progression was very mature as the characters dealt with things based on a realistic concept (which is, if they act out and vent, people won't necessarily judge them right which would make things harder for them as an uncommon couple). But again, the flow suddenly reversed and in a span of a few chapters the c*ckroaches in the household were smashed! Worse part is, though these people were terrible, Thier fall affect the innocent loved ones around them. So, I will say face-slapping is not really the point of the book, I guess. The book is still a great novel to invest time in.