I recommend this. It would be better if you read it directly without seeing the negative comments. If you have read it, then you will understand what is meant by negative comments, please decide for yourself whether to continue or not.
Some things have been warned by other comments, but still;
- No romance! There's a tale of the past, but not that kind of harem or anything like that.
- It focuses on friends and family (which is very large).
- The past of most of the characters is very sad and tearful. Bottom line, it's semi-angst.
- Oh, and lots of blood and rant too. But not something obscene, disgusting, or anything like that.There are many more, but I'm running out of ideas for writing them.
About the boring plot; actually, when you read the whole novel for the first time, all the parts are very interesting. Reading it a second time, you'll realize the hidden plots, other meanings of some of the scenes, and feel like going through some of the scenes quickly. The third time, you will realize other meanings of various 'boring' scenes, laughing and crying more intensely. That's how it is.
The 'Show, don't tell' rule doesn't mean you have to always show. Sometimes there are things that just have to be said, you know. This novel does have a lot of 'tell', but that doesn't mean there is little or no 'show' element at all. This novel just has a lot to say rather than show. Well, this requires moderate imagination power, indeed.
But once you read and start to understand the protagonist, you will be addicted to this. Not that I'm forcing you to like it. It's up to you guys, just please don't be rude/negative in the comments. I often find comments on novels that offend readers and make new readers leave.
While reading some of the negative comments, I was a bit sad. Oh yeah, no novel is perfect. Depends on the taste, imagination, understanding and level of patience of each person. It's not that one person doesn't like then it all bad. There are some novels that are too cliche, the characters are annoying, there are lots of plot holes, the plot is very slow, etc. But so famous because it's a romantic, comedy genre.
Of course too slow a plot is bad; both for readers and authors. But the semi-slow plot with lots of fluff and humor always heals the heart.
Basically, just start reading, don't care about anything else!
