Books I've Read 看过的书们

1. 1 招 Summoning the Soul 招魂 Gardenia山栀子Romance580k WordsCompleted [The entire novel has been carefully revised. The revised version differs greatly from pirated copies. I’m not responsible for any pirated version.] -The fallen young lady of a noble family x the dead young general- From a carefree young noble to a traitorous court villain, Xu Hexue’s crimes were too numerous to recount. Even fifteen years after he had been sentenced and put to death, people in the streets and markets of Great Qi still spoke of his past and spat on his wicked deeds. Ni Su neve 412kFavorites448.7kClicks/ch293.6kGifts

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   This story has a slightly tragic undertone, but the two gentle babies made my heart melt 😭

2. 2 我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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   Having read the author's other works, I initially had high expectations for this one. However, after reading around chapter 300, I couldn't continue. The female lead's acting felt abrupt, making it tiring and agonizing to read. I also don't have the habit of skipping chapters, so I gave up on it.

3. 3 你 Do You Have a White Peacock? 你有白孔雀吗 Owe Three Taels of Gold欠金三两Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [A lone hero walks the hidden path; a childlike heart stays true, even as the temples turn gray] Before she turned nineteen, Lin Feiran was known throughout the Daohe Palace as a good-for-nothing. She had the bones of a swordswoman, but her spiritual meridians were sluggish, making cultivation difficult and the Great Dao impossible to attain. Yet the elders doted on her, her senior brothers looked out for her, and she even formed an enviable marriage pact with a peerless young prodigy. The stor 90.5kFavorites82.7kClicks/ch118.2kGifts

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   4.5 stars. So good! I love it! The honest guy and the arrogant older man are hard to describe in just a few words, but I love them! The 1.8 million words weren't tiring to read at all; the descriptions and foreshadowing were quite good, making it quite immersive. However, I really disliked the persistent "wife-chasing" second male lead. Although it's for plot advancement, some parts could have been glossed over or replaced with someone else. Even the extra chapters where they appear on a trip together are incomprehensible and unnecessary, hence the deduction of 0.5 stars.

4. 4 人 The Mermaid's Love Song 人鱼的情歌 Zhu Yu蛛于Romance348k WordsCompleted On her first day after becoming an experimental mermaid in another world, Li Leyou was caught by an official team cracking down on illegal experiments. She was facing destruction. Fortunately, she looked exactly like the team leader's late lover. With a wave of his hand, the captain sent her to his dying brother, Raoum, to keep him company in his final days. Raoum, who had little time left to live, resided in a castle at sea. He was a mermaid who had lived for several centuries. After spendin 73.6kFavorites69.7kClicks/ch279.6kGifts

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   This is a romance-centric novel where the plot serves the love story; there aren't any behind-the-scenes masterminds or villains. After reading so many stories with a main plot, it's quite refreshing to read a purely romantic one. There was a part that made me cry buckets, and I used up a lot of tissues. I'm grateful to the author for giving it a happy ending.

5. 5 在 Escaping and Leveling Up in the Insectoid World 在虫族世界逃命升级 Flower-Seeking Hand mumu探花手mumuRomance1.0M WordsOngoing Lin Xing transmigrates into a fast-paced, steamy insectoid novel she once read. The insectoid world is filled with bloodshed and killing, rigid hierarchies and oppression, and pheromones that defy description. Nothing from the human world applies here. To make matters worse, she’s transmigrated into a female insect, a Phantom Butterfly, the weakest fighter among the insectoids. She dies not long after her introduction, and in a truly horrifying way: her head is chopped off, then she’s eaten dow 32.5kFavorites35.2kClicks/ch71.9kGifts

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   The plot is neither good nor bad, perhaps due to insufficient setup and a rambling narrative. For some reason, this million-word novel lacks memorable moments or emotional ups and downs. The romance is alright, a little bit enjoyable, but the further you go, the more you feel that considering the importance of the second male lead in driving the plot, it would have been better to write it as a 1v2 story.

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