Reading Notes and Off-the-Cuff Negative Reviews 看文留痕，随手恶评

1. 51 贾 [Dream of the Red Chamber] The Story of Jia Zhang [红楼]贾璋传 Startled Crow惊鸦Romance945k WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was the Chief Eunuch of the Eastern Depot, honored in the ancestral hall for his loyal service. In this life, he will become a high-ranking minister, adorned with purple robes and golden seals. One day, he will have the graceful form of a crane and enjoy a long life. With his pen, he can bring peace to the land. On horseback, he can bring order to the world. They once passed the time with books and the fragrance of tea. Back then, it all seemed ordinary. Such a life of s 55.6kFavorites104.3kClicks/ch122.7kGifts

   Curator note

   It's rare to find so many details. I didn't finish reading it, but the reason I don't like the male protagonist's perspective is very clear in this book.

2. 52 三 The Third Prince Is Having Another Meltdown 三阿哥又在发癫 Bossy Little Goblin霸道小妖精Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Dear readers and friends, please help me by saving these upcoming stories: A Mama’s Boy for the Martial Emperor: Wu Zetian: My useless son keeps calling “Mommy, Mommy” every day. I’m sick of it! [Qing Transmigration] The Third Princess Is Beautiful and Vicious: Shocking! The princess is a black widow! [Three Kingdoms] Liu Shan Is a Useless Fool, Prime Minister, Please Save Him: Just as the title says, Liu Shan is hopeless. Prime Minister, please come save him. Please, please~ In his previous li 24.9kFavorites49.6kClicks/ch80.2kGifts

   Curator note

   I've been following the series for a long time, it's hilarious, now I'm waiting for it to finish.

3. 53 金 [Thai Drama] [Golden Spire] This Is a Self-Insert Romance [泰剧][金顶]这是一篇梦女文 Yuan Cang远苍Romance358k WordsCompleted Ge Sihan drowned in an accident while boating on the weekend and transmigrated into the body of a little girl adopted by a wealthy Thai family. It took her a long time to realize that this family was the Golden Top from the Thai TV drama of the same name, which she had once watched. But by then, she could remember nothing except the general plot. What she remembered most clearly was that at the very top of the house lay a corpse, and a ghost was waiting for the soul of that corpse. Note: As the 14.9kFavorites19kClicks/ch24kGifts

   Curator note

   Finished reading it; a new genre, enriching my reading list.

4. 54 大 Daily Life in the Great Ming 大明生活日常 A Lonely Nest Dweller空巢独居客Romance495k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later; affection grows over time; farming + imperial examinations] Xie Jiujiu is the eldest child in her family. Her father gave her this name because he hoped to have nine children. Unfortunately, Old Xie lacked the strength to make that happen. Before he died, he left Xie Jiujiu with only a sickly yo 10.9kFavorites15.1kClicks/ch4.6kGifts

   Curator note

   I really forgot.

5. 55 侯 After the Women of the Marquis's Household Were Reduced to Commoners 侯府女眷贬为庶民后 Watermelon Lollipop西瓜珍宝珠Romance735k WordsCompleted The Minghou household backed the wrong side in the struggle between the princes and princesses, and now it's been confiscated! Lord Ming took his own life. His legitimate eldest son and his concubine-born younger sons were all exiled to the frontier. The empress ascended the throne and, in her mercy, only demoted the women of the household to commoner status. There are eight wives, concubines, and daughters in all, each with her own charms and figure. They've been raised never to touch a drop o 7.7kFavorites9.4kClicks/ch13.1kGifts

   Curator note

   I remember it was okay

6. 56 探 The Flower Snatcher 探花 Qing Yin卿隐Romance613k WordsCompleted (Signed for simplified Chinese publication. Follow progress on Weibo at @Jinjiang Qingyin) [Blurb] Once, she dreaded going to court. Later, she dreaded leaving it. Scene: After court, Chen Jinzhao grips her jade tablet and walks off with her head down, only to be swiftly stopped by the chief eunuch waiting outside the Golden Hall. “Top Graduate, the Prince Regent is waiting for you to discuss state affairs. This way, please.” Where the chief eunuch points, a four-horse carriage is waitin 429.3kFavorites394kClicks/ch701.2kGifts

   Curator note

   I didn't like it and skipped through parts of it. Maybe it's because I've read Zhu Gu Niang's book of the same genre and felt that once you've seen the ocean, other waters are nothing.

7. 57 救 Help! My Crush Can Read Minds 救命！暗恋对象会读心 Mr. Pattern图样先森Romance524k WordsCompleted [A goofy story that’s sleazy, but with just a tiny hint of true love] With the college entrance exams approaching, the high school seniors came up with all sorts of ways to relieve the pressure of studying. Xiang Di was no exception, though her way of unwinding was... rather unusual. Fantasizing about her crush, in the sleazy version. The top student in their grade and the school’s resident ice prince, Bai Jiangxin. - Fantasizing made Xiang Di happy, and her mock exam scores shot up. She had no 190.2kFavorites218.9kClicks/ch301.5kGifts

   Curator note

   It's alright, but I still don't like campus novels, and the side stories don't seem to be good.

8. 58 非 Rich or Noble 非富即贵 Rise And Leap起跃Romance510k WordsCompleted Qian Tong, just like her name suggests, is the daughter of a wealthy merchant in Yangzhou. At her full-month banquet, a fortune-teller read her fate. This girl will be either rich or noble one day. Qian Tong didn't believe it. As the saying goes, wealth rarely lasts three generations, and poverty rarely lasts five. Her family was now in its third generation. When she learned that her family planned to offer a mountain of gold as 162.7kFavorites148.7kClicks/ch110.4kGifts

   Curator note

   I came across this while it was being serialized and it was quite good, but I stopped following it and haven't finished reading it yet.

9. 59 冒 [Three Kingdoms] Passing Myself Off as the Son of Heaven 冒认天子[三国] Cong Bi丛璧No CP907k WordsCompleted As a fan of Three Kingdoms history, it is perfectly normal to reconstruct a dragon robe according to archaeological illustrations and wear it for fun, right? But what if, you transmigrated while wearing that dragon robe? And transmigrated into the most chaotic period of all? The previous emperor had died, Grand General He Jin held power, and at the urging of the scholars, calls for the slaughter of the eunuchs grew louder by the day. The eunuchs struck first, killing He Jin and fleeing the pala 91.3kFavorites118.1kClicks/ch296.5kGifts

   Curator note

   A common problem with stories told from the male protagonist's perspective is that the romantic storylines either all come to pass or... Let's keep quiet about it, but the storyline is pretty good, you might want to check it out.

10. 60 别 Others Sail the Seas, I Farm 别人航海，我种田 The Wind's Chime风的铃铛Romance906k WordsCompleted [Warning: Don't Starve + One Piece. Not faithful to canon, with lots of game-related headcanons. The protagonist is a player, and this is a Fourth Disaster story. You don't need to have played the game to enjoy it.] [A separate Whole Cake Island what-if story is now available] I’m Wendy, a Don’t Starve player, and I’ve arrived in this new world with the Don’t Starve game System. To make sure I stay alive, I’ve been working hard to clear land and grow crops. But I’m not very efficient on my own, 86.2kFavorites90.7kClicks/ch1.1MGifts

    Curator note

    I really enjoyed this player's post, but I still don't quite understand Don't Starve.

11. 61 王 The Prince’s Kindergarten 王府幼儿园 Wishful Thinking求之不得Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The bonus chapters are here, with new updates for the next few days. The sequel, The Prince's Manor Kindergarten 2, is nearly finished. Click through the author's profile to keep raising the little ones online~ Pictures of the adorable kids are being posted on Weibo one by one~ [@Jinjiang_Qiuzhibude] Blurb: The Pingyuan Prince's household was a family of loyal heroes, all of whom died on the battlefield. All that remained at home was the young Prince of Pingyuan and a whole bunch of... precious, 76kFavorites217.7kClicks/ch111.7kGifts

    Curator note

    A genre I've never seen before, a richer reading list, but it's really quite long.

12. 62 御 Beast Tamer, I’ll Work to Support You 御兽师，我打工养你啊 Granny Nine-Tails九尾婆婆Romance1.5M WordsOngoing More than a decade ago, after Hua Country made a trip around the far side of the moon, the authorities suddenly began a series of baffling operations. For example, the South Heaven Gate Project, popularizing end-of-the-world emergency kits and methods of hiding from nuclear radiation, and releasing spectacular films about mecha. At the time, the people joked that their motherland had burned an alien’s butt with a cigarette lighter on the moon. W 68.4kFavorites65.7kClicks/ch459kGifts

    Curator note

    Serialized novels, it seems like beast taming novels are quite popular right now. The most popular one on another platform is always late with updates, it's unbearable. Why not read this one?

13. 63 升 Ascending Dragon 升龙 Old Liver Mom老肝妈Romance1.3M WordsOngoing No blurb can do justice to the delightfully messed-up content of this novel: She died and was reborn. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she had become a snake. Her former peers, now cultivators who followed a different path from hers, roared the moment they saw her: “How dare you, snake demon!” * Rising from the end of the Great Dao, she will endure forever above the heavens. * 1. A steady power-up story, slow burn, with a romantic pairing 2. The heroine had several romantic entangle 64.4kFavorites54.9kClicks/ch992.2kGifts

    Curator note

    I absolutely love it! It's currently being serialized, and I'm following it closely. This book is similar in style to the author's previous one, and I love them both!

14. 64 奥 The Olympic Gold Is Mine [Figure Skating] 奥运金牌是我的[花滑] Mu Yu暮予Romance3.2M WordsCompleted Updating Go: I Never Lose Playing Black After completing ten missions, Cong Lan returned to her own world. At last, she was free from the threat of death posed by her rare disease and had a healthy body. System: What would you like to do? Cong Lan thought it over. Figure skating. Some say that women’s figure skating with Cong Lan in it was both spectacular and sorrowful. She burst onto the scene at twelve. Her already outstanding technical skills were matched by exceptional artistry, and 56.6kFavorites166.4kClicks/ch170.2kGifts

    Curator note

    It's too long to finish reading, but it's really good so far.

15. 65 理 Theoretically Possible 理论上可行 Savoring Carefully细品Romance777k WordsCompleted Lan Shan was an outstanding woman, gifted and exceptionally capable. In her few decades of life, she left an indelible mark on the world. When she gave her life for all of humanity, Lan Shan felt no regret. She was even grateful: her extraordinary talent would give her a chance to awaken again. Many years later, when Lan Shan finally opened her eyes again, she was bewildered. She was now a vulgar woman. A vulgar woman with no brains. A brainless, vulgar woman who had offended an important pe 49.4kFavorites91.5kClicks/ch51kGifts

    Curator note

    It's absolutely amazing! It fulfilled all my fantasies about space fiction, but I really think it should have been written more! Why isn't there a second part? Please, author! Also, I really want to see the Empire become a Republic.

16. 66 我 The Game I Played Became Reality 我玩的游戏成真了 Southern Island Cherry南岛樱桃Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Gods at War is a strategy mobile game packed with different ways to play. Players draw a divine role, meet believers, choose a development path, expand their divine domain, and compete against one another. Our protagonist is incredibly lucky at games, the sort who can pull a miracle with a single draw. For example, in this game, one pull landed her the only unique divine role: God of Luck. The night she drew it, the game became real. * The heroine: I’m going to make the gods of the sun, moon, wi 49.1kFavorites118.1kClicks/ch113.7kGifts

    Curator note

    I still haven't finished watching it, you can take a look.

17. 67 糟 Oh No! My Wife Is Cheating on Me! 糟！我老婆外面有狗了 The Mountain Has Green Trees山有青木Romance433k WordsCompleted *Main story complete Yun Jin woke up one day with the ability to travel back twelve years at any time. From then on, she kept appearing beside her husband, Hua Cheng, both at age thirty-two and at age twenty. Thirty-two-year-old Hua Cheng was seriously ill, and only she could save him. Twenty-year-old Hua Cheng had nowhere to go, and without her, he would live like a stray dog. They were both the same person, anyway. Why couldn’t she take care of them both? Yun Jin wanted to give Hua Cheng a 47.9kFavorites53.4kClicks/ch61kGifts

    Curator note

    It's so good! I stayed up all night to watch it! It's truly amazing!

18. 68 九 The Ninth Fujin's Daily Life of Demanding a Divorce (Qing Dynasty Transmigration) 九福晋闹和离日常（清穿） Western Liang Meow西凉喵Romance825k WordsCompleted Landlady Ye Jingjing unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Dong'e, the principal consort of the Ninth Prince, Yin Tang. Knowing that she is destined for a tragic end, Ye Jingjing treats Yin Tang with nothing but cold glares. Yin Tang: "...You won't show me any respect at home, and now you act the same way outside. How are we supposed to live like this? What happened to being dignified and virtuous?" Ye Jingjing: "So what if you can't stand me? Go ahead and submit a memorial asking for a 46.9kFavorites112.2kClicks/ch44.9kGifts

    Curator note

    Enrich your reading list! Most Qing Dynasty novels are anti-imperialist and anti-feudal, but this one's protagonist seems more inclined towards his transmigrated identity, essentially granting him an extended life.

19. 69 典 The Warden Only Wants to Take It Easy [Interstellar] 典狱长她只想咸鱼[星际] Sea Salt Cheese Roll海盐芝士卷Romance434k WordsCompleted You An always thought her life after becoming a prison guard would be like this: drink tea, read the paper, patrol and take a stroll, and live the carefree life of a lazybones. Reality was the exact opposite. Not a single day in the Star Prison was peaceful. The inmates under her care were getting stranger and stranger, too. Inmate A: The Empire's rule is corrupt. Inmate B: We have to overthrow it! We want 37.3kFavorites67kClicks/ch26.2kGifts

    Curator note

    I like it; it's easy to eat.

20. 70 十 [Pride and Prejudice] The Life of a Nineteenth-Century Lady [傲慢与偏见]十九世纪贵妇生活 Tracing the River Back by Boat溯上归舟Romance375k WordsCompleted [1] A botany graduate who could never find a job wakes up as a nineteenth-century lady fleeing back to London: Heather Lawrence, the aunt of the five Bennet sisters from Pride and Prejudice. Unlike in the original story, she never married someone from Meryton, next door to Longbourn. The good news is that she married a much wealthier French count. The even better news is that her count husband has just died, leaving her a huge inheritance. So here's the question: in an era when inheritance law 33.1kFavorites40.1kClicks/ch38.5kGifts

    Curator note

    I encountered it during the serialization, but I still didn't have the patience to finish reading it.

21. 71 好 The Sleepy Goldfish 好眠金鱼 Eat a Poem吃一首诗Romance417k WordsCompleted Li Qin comes from a remote mountain village. She has always obeyed her mother, staying conservative, quiet, and proper. The most rebellious thing she has ever done is meet an online acquaintance the day she gets promoted to associate professor. The person who showed up doesn't match the picture. She was expecting a scholarly, gentlemanly doctor, but instead she gets a polished, cutting lawyer. She is unhappy and wants to leave. Zhao Ke's face darkens. “What a weirdo.” He's never heard of some 21.2kFavorites21.5kClicks/ch20.7kGifts

    Curator note

    It's alright.

22. 72 决 The Showdown on Wall Street 决战华尔街 Qi Cha岐茶Romance541k WordsCompleted Next up: Hong Kong Stories Stories of Hong Kong’s upper class during the Republican era. Blurb: In 2009, Hailey Karadzic topped Time magazine’s Person of the Year list. People had grown used to calling her the King of Wall Street. The routes of her private jets had kept the FBI awake all night. Her trading strategies had been copied by hedge funds around the world. Her name had appeared at audit and compliance meetings in more than thirty countries. But at the very beginning, right at the 13kFavorites10.6kClicks/ch33.1kGifts

    Curator note

    I love it! It's awesome! Look!

23. 73 雌 The Hen 雌鸟 Ji He Su姬和苏Romance463k WordsCompleted Complete! The neighboring novel, Princess Can Lift Mountains, is currently updating! Blurb: A Yu was sent into the palace as a maid by her adoptive parents when she was young, in exchange for the money they needed to treat their biological son. There were many palace servants like A Yu in the inner palace. Born into humble circumstances, their lives were worth less than grass. A single casual remark from a noble could decide their entire fate. Having seen too many people fail to meet a good en 4.9kFavorites2.5kClicks/ch2.6kGifts

    Curator note

    I really like it; the Empress is determined to build a harem.

24. 74 恶 A Wicked Woman Always Has a Deadbeat Haunting Her [Period] 恶女总有死鬼磨[年代] Du Ji Le度己了Romance391k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Paragraph comments are open. Feel free to dive in!] The "Golden Phoenix" of Tonggan Production Brigade has actually flown back! Everyone thought the youngest son of Captain Li, who had gotten into university, would be assigned a job and stay in the city. No one expected him to return as an educated youth and help build up the countryside. Overnight, he became the most sought-after young man in the brigade. Young and promising, with a bright future, and still single. Zhong Ying wa 3.6kFavorites4.3kClicks/ch4kGifts

    Curator note

    It's strange. When I started reading, this book had over forty chapters but only five hundred favorites. That's very unusual, isn't it? The content quality is quite good, I really like it! It's still ongoing, and I'm currently following it.

25. 75 女 The Queen's Epic [Western Fantasy] 女王的史诗 [西幻] Yang Zhida杨之达Romance571k WordsCompleted [The main story underwent major revisions. Pirated versions may contain errors or omissions, so please read the official version. Thank you for your support.] Someone once asked Lucinda, the Supreme King who united the seven peoples and nine kingdoms of the Spiritlands: “At what point in your epic life did you first decide to accomplish such a great feat?” King Lucinda thought for a moment, then replied, “I suppose it began when I secretly left home alone, hoping to study at Ashina Academy, on 1.3kFavorites840Clicks/ch1.2kGifts

    Curator note

    I haven't finished watching it yet, but I quite like it so far.

26. 76 在 Shattering the Void in the Song Dynasty [Wuxia Crossover] 在大宋破碎虚空[综武侠] Green Radish Skirt青青绿萝裙Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Complete] A lilac knot on a hibiscus sash, no pearls tied there, but a treasured blade. □□秀 has three secrets to walking the path of shattering the void: 1. A martial art called The Void Scripture (her golden finger, obviously!) 2. A male lead. If there's a chance to fall off a cliff, count me in too. (Er Kang hand.JPG) 3. She's a genius (For real?) She joined Little Cold Mountain Temple. By day she swept up fallen leaves; by night she was in an infinite-flow story. Life was peaceful. Later 86.2kFavorites93.3kClicks/ch1.2MGifts

    Curator note

    I absolutely love it! What's best is how the female lead lets go of the past. I really love this multi-genre martial arts novel; the descriptions of Tao are very detailed, and the leveling-up trope is brilliantly written.

Other lists with [Dream of the Red Chamber] The Story of Jia Zhang