Notes on Watching Cranes
观鹤笔记
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 566k Words
- Genre
- Romance
- Updated
- 2y ago
- English
- Request a translation
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- Contemplating Crane NotesEnglish name
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If Not for XP, What Are You Reading For?
The protagonists or important supporting characters have gentle personalities, though some are aloof. Includes historical and contemporary romance, danmei, and even yuri.
Novels Worth Three and a Half Stars or More
Transmigration Through Time and Space ①
A collection of romance novels I’ve read about transmigrating or transmigrating into a book.
Medium-Length Novels (400,000–900,000 Characters)
Personal Top Picks
Bought the Whole Series
Fully Purchased Series: Romance
A few more strong female leads, please
Worth a Read
For Personal Use =V=
A list for keeping track of stories about cute couples. Couple chemistry > writing style > characterisation = plot > everything else. Gksk, no reverse ships or self-insert dreamers allowed.
Recommended Great Reads
A heart-fluttering gem, highly recommended.
BG Novels I've Read
My Favorites
Stories I thought were good
Historical Fiction Derivatives
Keeping Track of What I've Read
I read BG, BL, and GB. This list reflects my subjective opinions and personal kinks, but my tastes are pretty weird. I didn't buy the full books for many of these because I don't like reading extras.
I Really Love These
Highly recommended
BG Novels I Really Love
BG romances that fit my tastes. I care about the writing and plot, and want some romance, but less focus on it than on the heroine’s career.
Personal Notes on Books I’ve Bought
When I read, tropes ≥ writing ≥ pacing, but my standards are actually pretty high, so there aren't many stories I want to buy. Here's a list of the stories I've bought, with what I liked and why I dropped them.
My Favorite GB Gems
Most are GB stories. A few are not GB, but in all of them the female protagonist takes the dominant role!!! They are all queen-level
A Random Grab Bag
Meizi Bookshop
Yummy Completed Romance Novels
Full-Subscription Records (Green River's Three-Star Limit Counts as Five Stars)
I read a bit of everything and have no particular dealbreakers, but I generally don't read stories where the protagonist is completely detached from love and the plot is all that matters, or characters who feel too down-to-earth. I judge fictional characters based only on my own values, not the author.
Absolutely Mind-Blowingly Good
BG Stories of All Kinds
Fanfiction from xianxia, wuxia, Western fantasy, APH, Jujutsu Kaisen, Detective Conan, Lord of the Mysteries, Demon Slayer, Hunter x Hunter, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, and more. Also quick transmigration, harem, otome, and so on. Some couldn't get five stars because of Jinjiang's restrictions.
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The General and the Widow
Seduction of the Courtier
A Thousand Years, Lord Eunuch
Jade
The Emperor and Her
A Cup of Poison, a Thousand Miles From Home
Thirty Years as a Consort
Oh No, I Swapped Souls with a Eunuch
Hall of Compassion
Spring Comes to the Palace Gate
Pagoda of the Floating World
Lotus in the Wind
21+
A Trove of Fragrant Trinkets
Silken Quilts, Brilliant Colors
Song of White Snow
A Spring Message in the Snow
The Words of the Number One
My Imperial Consort Is a Eunuch
Pillow Eunuch
Who Are You Calling a Feudal Patriarch? (Transmigrate)
My Gentle Husband Turned Dark
21+
Chronicles of Dream Fish
Plaything (Matriarchy)
After Transmigrating as Wu Zetian's Eldest Daughter
The Correct Strategy to Approach the Yandere Supporting Male Lead
The Daily Life of a Commoner Daughter Fleeing Famine
I Am the Supporting Female Character in an Explicit Novel
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry in Luoyang
I Would Rather Embrace a Fragrant Branch
The Noble Clan
Yan Lijia
A Maidservant in the Ming Dynasty
Good Morning! Three Kingdoms Wage Earner
Reborn Without Getting Any Smarter
21+
Forced to Become a Concubine After Joining the Bride's Entourage
The Male Lead Is a Fake System
Transmigrating Into a Farmer's Family to Take the Imperial Exams
I Transmigrated as Emperor Huizong's Princess
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This book was agonizing for me because of its depiction of daily life, a slow, insidious torment that left me constantly uneasy. Deng Ying was such a cold and aloof person, but when it came to things he believed in and the path he wanted to take, he never wavered.
I always thought what Yang Wan wrote in her notebook would be passed down to future generations and change Deng Ying's fate. I never imagined it would be written at that time and save his life. It's truly shocking. Regardless of the final outcome, history wasn't changed, but the two of them truly worked together to change their lives.
I cried several times while watching it... A masterpiece.
The entire text is shrouded in a faint sadness, which can easily bring tears to one's eyes.
I read it after it was finished updating, so I finished it in one go. There was no anxiety from waiting for updates, but it didn't alleviate the sadness throughout the story and the frequent breakdowns with tears streaming down my face [laughing and crying emoji]. The helplessness and fear in the first part contrasted with the passion and courage in the second. The author is very kind; they compensate and heal, so the sweetness in the later parts was just right.
I'm catching up on the extra episodes after listening to the radio drama. I cried almost the entire time while listening to the main drama; it's supposed to be a sweet slice-of-life story, but it still made me cry buckets 😭😭
May you be as brave and resolute as Yang Wan, and as principled as Deng Ying in the future.
I can't take it anymore, it's so moving, it's killing me!
I heard it's going to be adapted into a movie or TV series, I'm so devastated...
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