
Just as the Rain Kept Falling
恰逢雨连天
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An imprecise, rough tally: historical romance, contemporary romance, fantasy romance, Western fantasy, cross-cultural romance, xianxia and cultivation, equally matched leads, rekindled love, character growth, and high romantic intensity.
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Mostly historical romance. Reunions after a breakup are so hard to write, seriously. The possessive-take-by-force trope is kind of a personal kink. Also includes tragic love and stories for adults...
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Historical / fantasy.
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Master and disciple, pseudo-incest, aloof beauties, gloomy men, forbidden romance, boys and girls, school life, dog training, says one thing but means another, Pride and Prejudice, underlings rising above their superiors, cute stories, faked deaths
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90% straight romance, very little danmei.
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Some Books I’ve Read
A record
Absolutely Amazing Reads
Historical romance, political intrigue, and jianghu
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Romance from the heroine’s perspective / no romance. Read before January 2024.
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Really good.
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I finished it three times before the reprint, and I got some new feelings. (First of all, I am an Aiyu party. The following comments are highly subjective and only represent my personal reading experience) The withdrawal reaction was so severe when I started reading it that I couldn't read any other novels for nearly a month. The second time I read it was in school, and I just got a deeper impression of the author's writing style. I was still in school for the third time, and this time I spent two weeks reading the four books out of order several times, and the withdrawal became more serious, so I want to express some feelings from a few relatively niche perspectives. I avoided the part about the self-immolation of the Thirteenth Minghua Palace in these three times. I really didn't dare to watch it. It wasn't until I clicked on the slice last weekend and started watching it that it felt a little strange. Then I realized that it was this part after I was halfway through it. As expected, my psychological quality is still a bit poor... But when I saw Liu Chaoming melting off the gold hairpin, I came to a somewhat ridiculous conclusion - the main reason Liu Su couldn't marry was that people of the same sex repel each other. The character background of these two people is too similar, both are "arrogant". Su Shiyu's "arrogance" was inherited from Xie Xu, his talent for poetry and calligraphy, and his arrogance. She also witnessed the consequences of her grandfather's arrogance, but at the same time she also inherited her grandfather's emphasis on "emotion", so there was Ai Yu (of course, this is a story later); Liu Chaoming's arrogance was whipped out by his father, "Don't be pleased with things." The family motto "Don't grieve for yourself" has indeed forged his pride of "subjecting the desires of others to the principles of nature." Just as Zhu Jingyuan also said, Liu Chaoming's insides were already rotten (I can't remember clearly), and Liu Chaoming's thorns grew backwards in his heart. When these two people are arrogant, no one will bow down first. Just like when Su Shiyu asked Liu Chaoming, "What do I want to be right?" Liu Chaoming would not be the one being vented but directly responded. The saying "love makes the proud bow their heads" does not apply to Liu. The collision between two proud people is no less than the collision of Mars and the earth. Of course, there is another possibility that he does not love enough, so it is understandable that he cannot be the male protagonist of the emotional line in the end. If the person I "hate" first in this book is Liu Chaoming, the second person I "hate" is Qi Boyuan. For him, since Lao Si, Thirteen, and Liu Su are all old friends, what I have always wanted to ask is whether he would have thought that he would be sorry for Xie Xu when he helped Lao Si. The only orphan nature of this old friend is the most innocent victim of this fight. On the one hand, he may have a desire to help the world when he helps the fourth child, but on the other hand, I think he also has a desire to take revenge on Zhu Jingyuan. His only daughter was married to his most dandy son by Zhu Jingyuan and died of friction, so he also wants his most beloved son to suffer from love. So, he helped the fourth child. Would this wily strategist not know the fourth child's attitude towards the thirteenth after he took over? He knew that, so he asked for that promise, and he would definitely know that his student would not keep his promise 100%, so he only wanted that promise, and the rest was up to Thirteen himself. This was his last bit of kindness, and no one knows whether it was cruel or soft-hearted. As for Su Shiyu, she is so good that there is nothing to criticize or comment on. If anything about the webcam heroine is said on the Internet, I will base it on the fact that I have not read the original work. If I had to pick one point that left a deep impression on me, it would probably be the eyes. In the 23rd year of Jingyuan, when Su Liu first met, the book said that she could not see her eyes clearly at that time. By the time of Yongji, her eyes were already burning with fire. This is probably my favorite echo in the book. Shen Xiaozhi is good at writing tragedies. Just like Lu Xun said, destroy the valuable things in life for others to see. Every time the beautiful ideas appear in the article, they are almost contrary to each other. For example, Shen Jing once said that she wanted the three siblings to be reunited, which was what happened at Zhaojue Temple; But this is also the success of this book. It has succeeded in making everyone unforgettable, just like the continuous rain in the 23rd year of Jingyuan, becoming an eternal dampness.
Before I read it, I just read the physical book directly. After thinking about it for a long time, I still think I should write a book review here (? However, it is not so much a book review, but my impressions after reading the new episode. Shen Xiaozhi, you are so cruel. I feel like I'm going to be trapped in that rain in Jingyuan's 23rd year forever. I am speechless for this extra story: You always like to write at the end that your close friends are far away from each other and will always have the comfort of meeting each other. But for me, is he on the emotional line really everything I pursue? I am definitely greedier than this. I am so greedy that I want Qingyue to stay with Aiyu and Aiyu all the time. He can do anything and be good at anything. Didn't he and Ayu exchange retinues during the previous investigation? Why not, why not. To this day, the thing that hurts me the most is the relationship between close friends. I used to think of close friends as a relationship that could not yet understand love, but the original meaning of love. But I was wrong. I used to think that close friends were a deviation of love, a branch of other relationships forced to develop due to external influences. However, it is not like this. Therefore, the love of a bosom friend is the love of a bosom friend. It is not a substitute or defective product of any emotional relationship. Perhaps it is just an everlasting relationship of righteousness and meaning. It is just the path of life. When we ride horses together, escape from danger several times, and hear each other's words in our ears, we already exist as bosom friends. Now that I have written down, why don't I say it bluntly: Shen Qingyue is Su Shiyu's lifelong confidant. Liu Yun can't do it, and Shi San can't do it. The relationship between Liu and Su has been like a guide since the beginning, so much so that in the later period, A Yu saw Liu Yun as the person who led him on the road of becoming a censor, so he was unprepared for him. Thirteen is even more impossible. I say without exaggeration that he is the best romantic male protagonist I have ever seen. There is really no one, no one can compare to him. For Ayu, he broke into the official department with a knife, guarded the northwest for several years, changed his name to Jin'an, and set himself on fire. The raging fire was caused by Ayu wearing a scarlet robe and participating in the Three Kings that year. A glass of wine filled with wind and sand from the frontier fortress was drank in the hope that Ayu's scarlet robe would not be as fleeting as the original vermilion wedding dress: "I... Won't go back. "Go and tell Zhu Yushen that I will guard the northwest. Ask him to let Ayu stay in the court with peace of mind and be a good censor." Because of the flames of love that burned through him, he could not be Ayu's confidant. A frank love should be given its due. So Ai Yu will definitely be together, will definitely be together. This extra episode was like drinking poison to quench my thirst. I drank it grandly, but it was a strong and astringent wine that aroused my thirst and burned my throat. It seemed that it was not to comfort me, but to make "Just the Rain" engraved on my heart from now on, like a mark of sin, like a prohibition, I can't get rid of it. Therefore, I couldn't tell you all my life's stories, so I drank in this storm. I'm anxious to comment. Some of the words don't convey what I mean. Let's just make do with it for now.
Shigure's cunning, agility, transparency, wisdom, love and justice all make me yearn for him. No matter who treats her well, she will repay him in kind. In essence, Shigure and 13 are in the same boat. Shigure's heart contains both personal love and great love, which can accommodate all the people in the world, as well as lovers and friends, and loves both abstract and concrete people. No wonder everyone loves Su Shiyu, no wonder everyone wants to be good to Su Shiyu. I feel happy when Shiyu wins, and I feel bad when Shiyu loses. No matter what, I will always follow Su Shiyu.
From August 26, 2021 to February 23, 2026, I finally finished reading it intermittently in 5 years. It took so long that I can't remember the previous plot. At that time, I couldn't watch the part where Liu and Su had a secret room break-up. Because my selfishness has always been biased towards Mr. Liu, I couldn't bear to see the only person he regarded as close to him parting ways with him. I have also been puzzled by Shigure's siding with the East Palace. , In my opinion, a person like the prince is indeed unfit to be a prince. It is logical for Shen Xi to be loyal to the East Palace because of the princess. It is understandable from the perspective of personal emotions and family interests. However, I cannot agree with Shigure. Before she fell in love with Shisan, her heart was already vaguely biased towards the East Palace. From the previous plot, it is really hard to see what makes the prince worthy of being a wise king. In the case of the scholars, those scholars who died innocently and died generously were, in the eyes of the prince, nothing more than bargaining chips used to impeach the seventh prince. It is true that people have feelings, but every decision made by those in power and every edict issued are related to the common people in the world. In Confucian society, maintaining the patriarchal status of the eldest son is indeed in line with the spirit of etiquette and conducive to the stability of order. However, Su and Chen's stance in supporting the prince is more based on personal feelings than the maintenance of orthodoxy. At this point, Liu Yun chose a prince from the perspective of all the people in the world. It is a pragmatic choice to choose a more suitable prince to realize his political ideal of benefiting the world. At this time, the court has urgent financial problems and border issues that need to be solved. The fourth prince is the most suitable candidate among the princes. Mr. Liu's judgment after more than ten years of observation is more reasonable than Shigure, who decided to side with the prince based solely on personal relationships.
By this calculation, Su Su is already in her thirties. The fourth child is really an inhumane capitalist.
I can't stand the second half, Liu Yun's character is ruined
In fact, generally speaking, I prefer the characters of Flower of the High Mountain. But this one is really different. I realized that I actually prefer people who are good to the heroine, and what I can admire is the cp who puts the heroine first. Probably only when there is a conflict of interest can people understand what is more important. In Shigure's heart, he ideally attaches equal importance to love and career. There is no real conflict between career and love, and they can be given equal emphasis. In Thirteen's heart, the imperial power has never been as good as Shigure, so when faced with a choice, he made a choice very decisively. Compared with Shigure's ideal of guarding the border, Shigure may be more important. However, there is no obvious conflict in the article, so we can only speculate from the comments. As for Liu Yun, what matters more to him is undoubtedly his career, not necessarily his righteousness, because his righteousness can give way to weighing the pros and cons, and Shigure is completely inferior to his career and obsession.
After reading it, I found that except for Shigure and Shigure, no one is with the person they like.
I have watched it many times and gained new insights every time [Blue Heart] [Blue Heart] The ending looks good, but it still feels a little sad😭😭😭
We have always been strangers, how can we meet each other?