Literary Peak

I continued to follow it, but gave up a little before the final chapter due to the interruption. This review contains no spoilers and may be consumed with confidence. 😎 The overall evaluation is: as a very new composition writing guide, it is completely worth reading. But as an online novel - to be more precise, as a "youth sweet novel" - it is not appropriate and cannot capture readers. The author wisely chooses fragmented narratives that are not plot-rich enough to avoid the problem of easily overwriting the plot due to lack of writing power. At the same time, he buries hidden threads in different short stories - that is, the growth of Wenji and Wenshi. Different classmates, eloquent Chinese teachers, various essay topics, sample essays and materials can also be seen from the author's real experience in high school essay writing. Generally speaking, it is real and immersive. The difficulties and doubts that Wenji and Wenshi encounter in the novel are life problems that high school students cannot avoid, or in other words, have to face on the road of growth and that teachers cannot explain clearly. Watching the protagonist step by step from innocence to doubt, to struggle and finally relief is also the growth that most high school students experience. For the author, the fictional middle school in the novel that allows students to study late at night and study outside, with students preparing lectures carefully, and teachers allowing students to be free, is also the dream of many students who are shackled under the Hengshui system. Therefore, Wenji's ability to dance with shackles in this school also expresses the author's expectations for students all over the world who are so burdened that they cannot lift their heads in exam-oriented education: trapped in prison, wearing shackles, but at the same time looking up at the stars and dancing. However, the world is like this, and this kind of state of mind is also rare. Many people can only wander around and it is difficult to truly achieve it. At the same time, as a new author, the full text still lacks some control over the plot and certain plots. Needless to mention the grammatical errors and typos in the description, some plots that need to be understood need to be strengthened and improved by providing more explanations to enrich the characters, complete the background, and increase the reader's sense of involvement. Of course, if it is just for the main readers, these details may be ignored, but I personally prefer "Chekhov's Gun", because only a trigger that fires at the appropriate moment can promote the article. Otherwise, you can use "Occam's razor" to discard them all. Of course, as a novel, large sections of high school essays take up too much space. In other words, in a novel with more than 240,000 words in total, excluding the water in the first hundred chapters, there are probably tens of thousands of words that directly elaborate the high school argumentative essay. (There are also a lot of punctuation marks, which are too common in online articles.) Therefore, the hidden emotional line and the ending of the novel seem a bit abrupt. The novel does not give the plot of the college entrance examination and after the college entrance examination, but the growth of the protagonist is no less than the rebirth after experiencing the college entrance examination. Perhaps this ending is the best outcome for Wenji and Wenshi who have experienced a lot together, but readers who focus on the plot of the book rather than the writing skills of the article may not buy it. Maybe the expressions can be changed to be more suitable for publishing a physical book? Or if the ultimate goal - college entrance examination and growth coincide, it may be more able to resonate with readers for a long time. I hope high school students can immerse themselves in that blue-green dreamland, look up at the stars, and sing their own shepherd's song. Also, the comment I posted means that's what I thought at the time, whether I criticized it or praised it, I just wanted to output it subjectively😆