- #1
I'm only 12 chapters in and I know I probably shouldn't rate this yet, but this is a slog to read. The summary made it sound like a fun story, but there are a few issues. First, it reads like fan-fiction - constantly going on about how good looking everyone is and repeating the same (not very good) descriptions for all of the characters. Second, I thought I had read enough Chinese novels to have a pretty good grasp on lingo/slang/general terms, but apparently not. There were quite a few terms I did not recognize. That leads into the third issue: the translation isn't very good. As one of the other reviewers said, it's hard to understand and the translators (MTL?) don't leave any footnotes or explanations. The wrong tense is frequently used and there are so many names it's hard to keep track of what's going on at the best of times. 12 chapters in and all I can tell you is that a bunch of dudes are living in a house together - they are all hot apparently and oh did the author mention they're all hot? I feel like I'd do just as well if I tried to MTL it, but based on what I've read so far I don't think I have the patience for this author's writing style (lots and lots of descriptive words without really saying much of anything). Going to search for something a bit more readable and bail on this (and likely avoid anything translated by this group).