Moon Without Light
无光之月
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 2.5M Words
- Genre
- Western Fantasy
- Subgenre
- Sword & Sorcery
- Updated
- 3y ago
- English
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A Place for Fantasy
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It took me three days to finish watching it, here are some simple impressions.
In my opinion, evaluating a novel boils down to four aspects: writing, characters, plot, and ideas. Specifically for online novels, the depth of ideas can be replaced by the level of enjoyment/entertainment. And for fantasy novels, the world-building structure should be added as an additional factor.
To save the struggling novel "The Moon Without Light," the Prodigal Son decides to step forward and become a cross-dressing master. 🙂
The storyline is fantastic, often full of unexpected twists. The character development is also very successful; Shul, the fawn, Saff, and Luna are all vividly portrayed. The world depicted is also quite rich. The background was too dark and a bit depressing, and there were too few dungeon worlds, leaving me feeling a little unsatisfied.
To be honest, the beginning of this book left me completely confused. It felt like I'd missed hundreds of pages. Everyone knew all the main and supporting characters, and they were practically inseparable, but I didn't recognize a single one of them.
When I came across this novel, I accidentally read it as "The Moon Without a Face"...
The possibility of the observer
1. It could be a deity, based on the fact that the protagonist dreams of becoming a deity in the first layer of a deity's dream. 2. Not a god, but a mortal. 3. Related to the dream the protagonist had at the inn (the protagonist's guiding ritual failed, and a friend betrayed the protagonist).
I saw a comment saying that the characters in the book "No Light" speak in an affected, pretentious manner, and that everyone speaks as if they're acting. I thought about it and there's some truth to that, but that's just the writing style of different authors, after all, all three books are like that. What I'm more concerned about is the male protagonist's character.
I noticed the author is adjusting the pacing, and I think pacing is all about feeling. Sometimes, even if the character development and logical explanations aren't fully revealed, it can still give the impression of a profound and mysteriously intelligent person. Conversely, if all the logic is explained clearly, the writing can sometimes feel tedious.
Hmm, the dialogue is a bit childish, with all sorts of slang and suggestive phrases, typical of a typical otaku's fantasy.
Predictions of the ending
First, if Mother Earth knew that the protagonist had once blown up the entire world (Shu'er's dream at the inn), why didn't she tell the protagonist that such a method was unworkable? Why was she unprepared for the protagonist's actions? Why was she so surprised? Secondly, if Soul truly did destroy the world, meaning he was once a protagonist, why is he still the protagonist in this dream?