It’s a really good book. I like Luo Shuyu’s style and personality, he’s a very compelling MC and his and Li Mingjin’s relationship is very sweet too, with no problems except some strangeness at the very start (obviously, due to ML’s reputation and his own understanding of it), but it’s very good.
The plot has enough political drama to not be boring (in fact, all the conflict in the book is either political in nature, or because of Shen Mingyun’s brainless things, or because of Luo Shuyu’s trauma from his last life, and it works well as it don’t strain the relationship between the leads too much), but it’s quite interesting and not overly complicated; the way of writing is also straightforward and the MTL is easily digestible as well.
The character development is very well done, and the characterizations are specially good and true to their cores. Characters don’t feel stereotyped, and some details might catch the reader from the back, which is also good, in a not patronizing and well thought way.
That said, my favorite part of the novels is definitely the little theaters at the end, I was laughing so much lol (specially from ch. 86 and 96, I almost died laughing) ; the fact these are also canon conversations,
aka roleplay, as revealed in the ending chapters, is specially refreshing.
Finally, the fact Luo Shuyu can manage to overpower the system all by his wits and loving family, and without ever losing his composure and grace, is very refreshing. Props to him!
(RANT) Spoiler about Shen Mingyun’s ending, and some general spoilers about the system and plot:
Spoiler
In the end I even sympathized with him. He was s*upid and petty, definitely with some internalized bullsh*t and problems to deal with, but he really didn’t deserve this ending. He was taken from his last life by the system only to aid the original world’s villain, and he was cheated and used left and right, all without realizing how he sent himself to the wolf’s mouth and how there were people who genuinely could have helped him had he done right. Although it’s a little too much to expect Luo Shuyu to forgive him (c’mon, his last life’s death was really tragic), I’m sure SMY could have led a good life elsewhere had he not been s*upid and obeyed the system everywhere. Also, although his ideas were s*upid and often selfish, he sometimes had good thoughts towards the women and princes (gers) of this era, and I really believe if it wasn’t for this system, he could have at least led a normal life in that era. Anyways, watching his kids vanishing from thin air was also pretty tragic for him, and he realized his mistakes at the end, which was also a great way from the author to arouse sympathy from the readers and very realistic for the character.
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