Black Lotus Physician’s Survival Guide Chapter 70 Discussion

3/5 stars

it was okay. In the beginning I liked it, but by the time MC "dies" and ML is finding out all the things MC did for him, it just felt so??? Almost forced angst in a way. Idk to me it just seemed like the ML was being made to feel so much guilt over things that wasn't his fault.

Usually I like a good angsty "fake death" but for some reason it just didn't hit right for me here. There just wasn't enough investment into what the MC and ML had between them for it to truly have a heart wrenching impact. The ML becomes emperor after ch 60 or so. Up to this point, that was his entire goal just so he could protect MC, but when I checked the chapter count it's only halfway through leaving me questioning what could possibly come after this now?? It wasn't satisfactory. Not only was this major plot achieved early, it all happens before there is much development between the MC and ml. This is to me, the biggest factor in why even though the fake death angst was sad, it wasn't enjoyable. I can only dread the "misunderstandings" and "wife-chasing" plot afterwards because that is probably where the bulk of the romantic relationship will be built.

I think also contributing to the underwhelming feeling is that the author does skip around a lot and doesn't follow the perspective of the MC. If written well, it would be fine, but this was written like a script for a man hua comic strip rather than a novel, often times cutting from scene to scene, flashbacks, and sometimes to random strangers gossiping. It makes a lot of the emotions and little things feel like a cheap afterthought added only in an attempt to "deepen" the story.

Another thing I felt only made this novel feel a bit underwhelming was the whole plot about the MC being a transmigrator and the ml's mother (consort Lan) being the original protagonist of the novel, and the whole mind-reading thing ML can do. It's barely useful and during important moments, extremely useless. I just felt like there was no point in it up to this point. Again, anytime it's brought back up, it's only for convenience's sake, or serve to cause misunderstandings. Almost like the author forgot about it, and randomly brought it back up once they remembered. This is all not even mentioning what I think about MC. In the beginning, he's already a pretty clear cut character but his development is sort of strange. Maybe there might be a plot twist some time later but who knows I've lost interest.

It would've probably been better and more impactful if the wife chasing plot was intertwined with the first half of the book since it was a major plot, but oh well. In conclusion, it was pretty good in the beginning but my me became sort of underwhelming. Probably won't come back to finish this unless I can't find anything else to read.