The Nineties: A Short-Lived Girl Tells Fortunes at a Street Stall in Hong Kong!
九零：短命女在香江摆摊算命！
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- Modern Romance
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- Period Fiction
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As far as metaphysical fiction goes, the plot is relatively fresh, not one of those clichéd stories. However, the logic isn't very rigorous, and some parts are quite strange. The writing style also has room for improvement. Overall, it's alright, worth a read. The female lead's behavior is sometimes really stupid, to the point of triggering my aversion to stupidity.
Wow, this is great! It's my first time watching a Hong Kong fortune-telling story set in this era, but I hope the female lead will become more skilled later on and won't need to wear white gloves anymore. I'm marking this as a potential trigger point: the female lead uses a lottery player to calculate winning numbers and then suffers a backlash.
This book is like a gossip extravaganza, with fortune-telling leading to all sorts of bizarre events. The female protagonist isn't afraid of fate taking back her "golden finger" (a metaphor for her extraordinary abilities), and she never actively studies metaphysics, relying solely on her gloves.
It actually tied! That's rare! The pacing of this book is excellent, weaving cases and gossip together so it's not tiring to read. The supporting characters are also very vividly portrayed. I like Amin, a lively little girl. The only downside is that the female lead's fortune-telling is too cheap; I can't help but complain about the prices in female-oriented novels every time I see them.
I don't know why the rating is so low. Actually, it looks pretty good. This is the first time I've seen a novel of this genre here, and I didn't finish it all at once. I read it over several days, intermittently while reading other novels in between. Overall, it's very readable.
It's been a long time since I've found a novel I could read in one go. I really like the female lead; although she can only tell fortunes with the help of gloves, she always does good things, helping the police solve cases and helping the poor. The supporting characters are also great. I especially like the ice cream parlor owner and his wife, the dessert lady, and the other staff members.
It's entertaining. The fortune-telling stories aren't the typical nonsensical slapstick tales often found on Tomato TV. While they're all quite fantastical, at least they don't become tiresome to watch, and you can always guess what's going on.
Super cute! I've read quite a few fortune-telling novels, and they're mostly about melodramatic slapstick comebacks. The female lead in this one is especially adorable—the kind of innocent college student with the demeanor of a young girl. And the fortunes she reads are all about ordinary people.
It's a good read, clearly written by an experienced author, with natural transitions. It doesn't focus much on describing the physical appearance of the male and female leads, but rather on portraying their character and behavior; both are kind and principled.
I finished reading it, and it was pretty good. The combination of metaphysical fortune-telling and a Hong Kong setting is quite rare; those who enjoy crime-solving and fortune-telling might want to check it out. The romance subplot is short but complete. However, I felt the author's writing lacked depth in describing some of the female lead's traits.