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Dropped Books Log 弃文记录

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Grade: Level C
Updated: 4mo ago

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Keeping track of why I dropped these. Why do we have to rate everything?! Just because something hit one of my deal-breakers doesn't mean the whole story is bad. I can only give it three stars, though, no higher.

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1 To Set Up My Husband and His One True Love 为撮合夫君和他白月光 Twining Grapes缠枝葡萄Romance595k WordsCompleted [Complete] [This is a melodramatic, old-school, over-the-top dogblood story. Read at your own risk.] After rising in rank and making his fortune, the male lead soon reaches the perfect ending: his wife dies. Zhiyu is unfortunately the male lead's wicked wife. To complete her mission, Zhiyu diligently poisons the male lead and trips up the heroine. But she takes her role a little too far. The heroine is moved by her sincerity, abandons the male lead, and chooses to elope with the person who lov 83.9kFavorites137.9kClicks/ch34.3kGifts
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The female protagonist fails at various missions, and then just waits for the next one to come along, making this story feel like a collection of loosely packed pieces of sand.
2 How Did You Marry My Uncle? 你怎么跟我舅舅结婚了？ Dull Scholar钝书生Romance207k WordsCompleted The print edition, retitled Holding Tang, goes on sale October 23. For details, see Weibo @Jinjiang Duns h u sheng. *The title is from the second male lead's perspective. (Preorder: Alien Species Taming Manual. See my author page.) A powerful, morally upright man who becomes a brooding, anxious, possessive ghost of a man × an honest, hapless heroine who only wants to complete her mission but gets relentlessly haunted by the male lead 1. Li Tangli is forever a minor character, a disposable extr 145.8kFavorites151.3kClicks/ch94.8kGifts
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The trending topics are unreliable; I can't stand this kind of plot that portrays the female lead as weak and burdened by family while highlighting the male lead's strengths.
3 A Stirring of Spring 春心动 Gu Lezhi顾了之Romance479k WordsCompleted · Every chapter has been carefully revised and includes added details. Pirated copies are crude and incomplete; please read the official version on Jinjiang. · One day, a young traitor bent on overthrowing the dynasty falls in love. · The heroine's story In a turbulent time, Princess Yongying is attacked by bandits and suffers a blow to the head, scrambling her memories. She mistakes herself for the heroine of a romance novel. That would be fine, except she also mistakes her sworn enemy, with 272.7kFavorites317.8kClicks/ch124.1kGifts
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How could it be written without any tension?
4 The Moon Shines for a Thousand Miles 月明千里 Luo Qingmei罗青梅Romance1.0M WordsCompleted … The original title was "Married to a Monk". If you’ve read the whole novel, please leave a rating, dear readers. "Bows" Thank you~ [Han Chinese princess X eminent monk from the Western Regions] The blurb is silly, but the novel itself is more serious. A swoony romance. Yao Ying transmigrates into a book. The world is in chaos, with warlords vying for power. Her father happens to lead the strongest faction, and her brothe 490.8kFavorites652.1kClicks/ch510.7kGifts
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The language is flowery, the logic is flawed, and the plot appears deliberately driven.
5 After the Heroine of a Master-Disciple Novel Mistook Her Master 师徒文女主认错师尊后 Star Thorn星棘Romance452k WordsCompleted Bai Miao transmigrated into a teacher-disciple romance novel as its delicate, innocent heroine. The System told her she could only survive by following the plot. According to the story, she and her aloof master would fall in love. But because they were master and disciple, they couldn't speak openly about this forbidden love. They could only silently endure, restrain themselves, and keep their distance. After a series of melodramatic trials that put them through physical and emotional torment, t 191kFavorites296.1kClicks/ch62.5kGifts
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Writing novice
6 The Prince's Concubine 王府小妾 Red Celery and Crisp Wine红芹酥酒Romance395k WordsCompleted Originally titled “Mei Susu’s Ancient Times Journal” Mei Susu transmigrated into the body of a low-ranking concubine in ancient times. The concubine had been with two men. Her first had been exiled, while her current one treated her as a tool to win over the woman he’d loved for years. The unlucky thing was that his beloved was the legal wife of the man she’d been with before. In other words, once that woman came to her senses, Mei Susu would be finished. Everyone in the prince’s estate knew t 74.1kFavorites176.5kClicks/ch40.3kGifts
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The writing is amateurish and contains some logical inconsistencies.
7 Can Such a Good Thing Really Happen? 世上还有这种好事儿？ Crystallized in Three Days三日成晶Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Lu Meng transmigrates into Changsun Lumeng, she discovers that she’s the heroine of a melodramatic tragedy. In the book, Changsun Lumeng is abused in body and spirit by one person after another. Even the dogs on the street make a point of biting her. In the end, she finally moves Heaven and the male lead, then dies young, frail and sickly. There’s a classic line in the book. Just before she dies, the heroine trembles as she asks the male lead, “Will you only care about me once I’m dead?” 314.6kFavorites633.7kClicks/ch370.1kGifts
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The writing is poor, and the male and female leads' inner monologues are all modern-day rants. Why are the characters so thinly portrayed these days? Seeing this kind of description makes me think that if I wanted to see modern-style satire, I would go watch contemporary romance novels.
8 A Concubine's Heart Cannot Be Broken 妾心不可摧 The Traveler’s Cloak旅者的斗篷Romance598k WordsCompleted - Complete. Please leave a rating - · Xie Tanwei, Grand Secretary to the Emperor, was introduced to Tianqin by her elder sister when Tianqin was seventeen. Xie Tanwei had risen to the powerful position of Grand Secretary at a young age, yet had no children after three years of marriage to Tianqin's elder sister. Tianqin was visiting family with several of her sisters when her elder sister warmly introduced them. Tianqin smiled and called him brother-in-law. Xie Tanwei was terrifying: a man at t 27.2kFavorites31.9kClicks/ch6.4kGifts
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Poor writing style; the male lead abused the female lead in his past life, and even after being reborn, he still thinks he's perfectly fine. How can someone like that be a male lead?
9 After Marrying the Brooding, Beautiful, Strong, and Miserable Man 嫁给阴湿美强惨后 Si Qing姒倾Romance373k WordsCompleted Complete//text//now. Coming soon: The Female Assassin, but a Lovable Airhead. Please add it to your reading list ❤️ [Blurb] Chi Ying is supposed to marry the blind, sickly Prince Zhao in place of her elder half-sister. She figures that since the sickly man won’t live long anyway, she’ll be free as soon as he dies. But after marrying him, she discovers that Prince Zhao isn’t just gloomy and ruthless. He also loves tormenting people, and his favorite pastime is wickedly exploring her body, tracing 90.2kFavorites78.8kClicks/ch40.2kGifts
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The logic is flawed; this author is not suitable for me.
10 After the Paranoid Crown Prince Heard My Thoughts 被阴戾太子听到心声后 Si Qing姒倾Romance383k WordsCompleted Violent and cruel 💛 Greedy and lustful Good news: She was chosen to be a palace maid assigned to serve in the imperial bedchamber. Bad news: The person she had to serve was the moody, woman-averse Crown Prince. Last night, Yun Kui had watched a young maid being carried out of the Crown Prince's bedchamber. Thinking that she was about to meet the same fate, Yun Kui trembled and huddled under her little blanket. Inside Chengguang Hall. The Crown Prince sat on the edge of the bed, a sinister glea 160.6kFavorites178.6kClicks/ch82.6kGifts
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That's so tacky.
11 I Transmigrated into a Novel About Coercive Love and Decided to Lie Flat 穿进强取豪夺文后躺平了 Du Tiao Tiao度迢迢Romance325k WordsCompleted Song Yuli initially thought she'd simply transmigrated to another world. By the time she realized she'd transmigrated into a forced-marriage romance, she'd already unknowingly gone through the plot of saving the male lead, being forced to marry him, and trying to run away. Her new husband, Xie Yao, whom she'd never met before, was the novel's unhinged male lead. He stopped her when her escape attempt failed, his face dark and unreadable as he gently asked if there was someone she loved. Yuli k 51.1kFavorites64kClicks/ch20.8kGifts
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The writing is poor, and the female lead's inner monologues always involve modern-day characters; it's too cloying.
12 The Eastern Palace's Blessed Concubine (Qing Dynasty) 东宫福妾（清穿） The Southern Wind Never Ends南风不尽Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [The print edition goes on presale at 7:00 p.m. on March 28, with a limited number of copies featuring special author signatures! The print edition also includes several exclusive bonus chapters. If you love A Wan and the Crown Prince, go check it out!] After working herself to the bone for 996 years, Cheng Wanyun finally dropped dead from exhaustion. She transmigrated, but before she could enjoy the good life for more than a few days, she was assigned the lowly title of a palace maid in the Yu 177.4kFavorites427.7kClicks/ch410.6kGifts
Curator note
This book evoked mixed feelings in me. Although I've only read the beginning, a quick glance at the table of contents gives me a sense of the plot's direction. The message seems to be that no matter where you are, you should adapt to circumstances and live your life to the fullest. But in the environment of the Eastern Palace, can you really survive that way? The opening scene already suggests the female lead is living a leisurely life while the male lead is working hard. The idea of the female lead simply living like this and raising a child is truly unacceptable. A feudal setting with a sweet romance theme isn't my cup of tea.
13 To Ship a Couple, I Decide to Win Over the Immortal Venerable 为了搞CP我决定攻略仙尊 Shu Ning黍宁Romance575k WordsCompleted [Complete. Let it build up before you binge!] In the male-lead-centered novel Seeking the Dao, Xia Lianqiao hates three characters more than anyone else. The first is the cannon-fodder third female lead who shares her name: Xia Lianqiao. The second is the villainous supporting female character, Sima Yuanheng. The third is the heroine's adoptive father, the man who broke up the couple she ships: Ling Chongxiao! Ling Chongxiao is arrogant, emotionless, and without love or hate. He presides ov 138.9kFavorites205.4kClicks/ch94.4kGifts
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The female protagonist who transmigrates into a book has a lot of inner monologues and speaks in a modern tone, making sarcastic remarks. All the female protagonists who transmigrate into books seem to have the same way of speaking.
14 EN I Became the White Moonlight After Constantly Courting Death 不断作死后我成了白月光 Ji Ying纪婴Romance780k WordsCompleted [The print edition is titled I Accidentally Became the White Moonlight. Find it at @Jinjiang Jiying.] [Synopsis] After transmigrating into a male-oriented cultivation novel, Ningning plans to follow the plot diligently, only to discover that something is very wrong with this world. Within her sect, her senior brother propels himself into the sky by pushing off with his left foot against his right; her sen 687.3kFavorites1.3MClicks/ch477.2kGifts
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Having only read the first few chapters, why do the inner monologues of the female lead and supporting female characters all sound the same? They're all delivered in a modern, sarcastic tone? Why are most transmigration/cultivation novels written with this kind of internal monologue? I really can't continue reading.
15 EN My Junior Sister Can’t Possibly Be a Silly Sweetheart 我的师妹不可能是傻白甜 Returning Mountain Jade归山玉Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Monster-slaying, leveling-up, and romance] //My Junior Sister Can't Possibly Be a Sweet, Naive Fool// - Not a strong female lead!!! Not a wish-fulfillment story!!! Slow-burn melodrama!!! Written for my own enjoyment!!!- Mei Liangyu: My junior sister spends all day with a bunch of top-tier villains. She smiles brightly and adorably, and speaks so softly, but she must have something up her sleeve. There's no way she's a sweet, naive fool in a circle of villains. - Six hundred years ago, the star 592.8kFavorites679.1kClicks/ch2.8MGifts
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Another item recommended by many but not to my taste. The first map was quite interesting with its ensemble cast, but by the second map, the characters felt too similar; many spoke in the same tone! Even the male and female leads sometimes felt like the same person. The ensemble character development was weak.
16 My Master Is Cultivating the Heartless Dao 师尊在修无情道 Shui Dangdang水凼凼Romance600k WordsCompleted (Complete) Blurb: (Chapter comments are enabled.) After transmigrating one day, Chi Yu inexplicably becomes the first disciple of the Golden Core Master Yan Zening. She waits and waits, but even after two years, her convenient master still hasn't come to claim her. Chi Yu's inner monologue: You ignore me today, and tomorrow I'll be someone you can't afford to offend. Three years later, Chi Yu's cultivation level: first tier of Qi Refining. But it doesn't matter. Her convenient master's Golden 93.8kFavorites73.9kClicks/ch56.8kGifts
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Before the VIP chapters, I couldn't accept it. Female lead, please be kinder to yourself! You've done too much to your so-called master; enough! I feel sorry for you.
17 Pregnant with the Powerful Minister’s Child 怀上权臣男主的崽 Master Grass Lamp草灯大人Romance273k WordsCompleted Thank you, dear readers, for the five-star reviews and for supporting the official release~ Both virgins | Powerful man bows his head | Strong male lead, weaker female lead Personal maid 🐰 x Feudal patriarch 🦊 Lu Jun, the Great General Who Guards the North, was sent to defend the border amid a power struggle at court. He would be unable to return to the capital for three years. The Old Madam feared that stra 101.2kFavorites109.4kClicks/ch40.8kGifts
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Ugh, I'm so tired of these male leads who are two-faced, taking advantage of others while looking down on them – this kind of forceful taking. Is it that every book I read during this reading slump is just not to my taste?!
18 After Becoming the Short-Lived White Moonlight, I Made Peace with the Villain 穿成短命白月光后，和反派HE了 Blue-and-White Porcelain Ablaze青花燃Romance648k WordsCompleted [Print edition title: The White Moonlight’s Guide to the Demon King. Available on all platforms.] Sang Yuanyuan transmigrated into an old-fashioned fantasy romance novel full of angst, becoming the male lead’s beautiful but ill-fated first love, who dies young. The male lead loves her, and so do the other male characters. Because the heroine has a face almost identical to hers, all the men both love and torment her, leaving her physically and emotionally battered. Her romance with the male le 533.1kFavorites1.3MClicks/ch320.5kGifts
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I couldn't continue reading after just a few chapters. The female lead looks down on the original female lead's overpowered abilities, unaware that her own actions are also quite overpowered. There's just too much criticism of the original female lead in just a few chapters; it's uncomfortable to read.
19 The Third Miss Decides to Go… 三小姐决定去…… West of Magpie Bridge鹊桥西Romance355k WordsCompleted Her eldest brother eloped with the crown princess-to-be. Her second brother accidentally killed the empress’s nephew and became an outlaw. Her parents went mad, and now they wanted to help a prince rebel. Zhong Yao had nowhere to turn for help. She imagined all the possible endings for her family and decided that dying before their tragic fate arrived would be better. Since she was going to die anyway, that day she unhesitatingly took a sword meant for a stranger. And then She didn’t die? 255.9kFavorites271.4kClicks/ch143.4kGifts
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The female lead is too eager for the male lead's actions, which is inappropriate.
20 Basking in Your Favor 恃君宠 Fenfen Heguang纷纷和光Romance433k WordsCompleted [On sale December 17 at 7:30 p.m. Preorders in the first three minutes come with a signed copy. Author on Weibo: @Jinjiang Fenfen He Guang] A Zhen is the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of An’s household. She spends most of her time in the inner quarters and rarely appears in public. Quiet and well-behaved, she does not talk much. Her stepmother and legitimate elder sister know that, though she is stunningly beautiful, her lowly birth means she can only marry into an ordinary family, so they o 249.5kFavorites481.2kClicks/ch99.2kGifts
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This is an unsettling "raising a child" story; it's blatantly pedophilic, especially the scenes depicting the male lead groping the female lead while she innocently leans in.
21 The Bright Moon Watches Over Me 明月顾我 Deep Teal深碧色Romance489k WordsCompleted *Coming next: Shattered Jade, Broken Bamboo* Rong Jin first met Shen Yu at a ridiculous evening banquet. Ordered to pour Shen Yu a glass of wine laced with something extra, she watched as he turned around and brought it to her lips instead. That night, she was sent to Springwater Lane and became the current Chancellor Shen’s mistress. Everyone in the capital said Chancellor Shen had lost his senses, seduced by beauty and willing to anger the emperor for a woman. But Rong Jin knew she was no 32.3kFavorites43.3kClicks/ch15.4kGifts
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The female lead gets distracted or tries hard to calm herself whenever she sees the second male lead, which makes the male lead jealous. They don't even interact with each other, so why is she so concerned? This kind of plot is enough once; any more is boring.
22 Bound by Fame and Fortune 名缰利锁 A Handful of Fiery Clouds一把火烧云Romance681k WordsCompleted 🧡Writing is hard. Please support the official release. Seven thousand words of bonus chapters. Ji Ran x He Yunzhuo | Selfish and self-serving x cold-blooded and cruel One-line summary: Her most ruthless weapon is breaking your heart. Of the four Ji family granddaughters, Ji Ran was the mildest and least noticeable. Yet she was the one who married He Yunzhuo, the man no one dared aspire to, and became the envy of everyone as Mrs. He. And yet she was also the one who, just a year into their marri 30.7kFavorites31.6kClicks/ch19.3kGifts
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The author writes down whatever he dreams about; the plot is not based on logic but simply used as the author's whim.
23 My Young Husband Doesn't Know Better, He Just Likes to Play at Destroying the World 我夫君年轻不懂事，随便灭世玩玩的 Yu Shan钰山Romance317k WordsCompleted 27.6kFavorites32.1kClicks/ch8.6kGifts
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The writing is poor; the description of the two arguing is particularly weak.
24 Phoenix Art 凰诀 Hui Sheng茴笙Romance388k WordsCompleted She is the brilliant, noble daughter of an eminent family, wise and quick-witted. She sits serenely in the grand hall, and wherever she turns her gaze, countless scenes of splendor and beauty unfold. He is a deep-minded illegitimate prince, raised in the imperial palace. He willingly plunges into a world of demons and treachery, making ruthless decisions because he cannot see through the rise and fall of human fortunes. Once, they were childhood friends who played together beneath the bed and r 7.2kFavorites24kClicks/ch1kGifts
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The first book that made me angry, so from another perspective, it must be well-written. But I don't accept the idea that the male lead, for the female lead's sake, had a long-term affair with another woman and had a child with her, and that the female lead even promised to raise the child. Shouldn't the female lead be uniting with the concubines to build a powerful family business?! No rotten cucumbers!

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