Born into Ancient Times: I Was Made for the Imperial Exams

If you enjoy stories about characters achieving quick success and a meteoric rise to power in the imperial examinations, you might want to skip this one, but you'll have to save it up. The tone is too somber, the timeline too long, and it feels disjointed from the protagonist's past life. He's sometimes incredibly clever and sometimes desperately hiding his abilities.

It's well-written, but it gives me a feeling similar to Yu Hua's "To Live." While others focus on plot, his writing and plot are both quite poignant, a very unique style. The plot itself isn't a major problem.

The writing is very delicate 👍 It portrays the daily lives of the poorest people in ancient times in a very realistic way 👍🌹🌹 Their efforts to live are very heartbreaking 💖... It's a good read, and I look forward to more exciting plot developments 🌹🌹🌹.

It's engaging enough to keep you reading. However, since the male protagonist already possesses knowledge from his past life, he doesn't need to start school so early in this one. Improving the family's living conditions first, and letting his older brother study for two years before starting school at eight or nine years old wouldn't be a problem.

It's so realistic! I used to like watching shows with really overpowered cheat codes, but now I like watching shows that are excessively realistic.

When I was a child, we raised pigs in a manure pit at home. We dug a big pit underneath, and over time we would spread a layer of soil on top. After a while, when the soil on top would thicken, we would add another layer of soil. When it was almost full, we would dig it out and pile it in the ground for a while, and then spread it out again after a while.

I didn't have high hopes when I clicked in, but I was surprised by how immersive it was. Following the protagonist's perspective, those fragmented yet realistic experiences were heartbreaking. Without deliberately creating conflict, it clearly portrayed the harshness of reality. I felt heavy-hearted after watching it.

It's rare to encounter such a pure and beautiful piece of writing! The author's prose flows smoothly, like a stream over green stones, like a gentle breeze across a mountain ravine—everything is just right. As I read, the restlessness in my heart was soothed, leaving only a gentle stream of emotion and warmth.

It feels a bit like writing an essay, lacking the dramatic ups and downs of a novel; it feels rather plain and simple.

It looks good, but it's a bit bitter.