The Former Wave

Haha, I knew you'd come right back. You have a wife and kids, you think life outside is easy? Pretending to be a cultured intellectual in your online novel haven, you don't have the qualifications. Your last book said you'd never see each other again. Tsk tsk, you've really slapped yourself in the face quickly. I thought you could at least hold out for a year.

Many people say the protagonist is a jerk, and in fact, he really is. But unlike typical lighthearted entertainment novels, Geng Da, with his slightly pretentious literary flair, clearly explains why the protagonist is a jerk. The protagonist in the previous life was an ALS patient who had been lying in a hospital bed for many years, unable to do anything, and the only thing he could do was wait…

Having been reborn twice, I'm still so flustered around girls, I'm speechless. What good is a pretty, innocent girl? She might inspire a sense of beauty, but that's about it. Even someone as beautiful as Michelle Reis doesn't cause male celebrities to lose their composure in public. It just feels so low-class, I can't stand it. Honestly, it's not as good as "Perfect Life."

I dropped it after getting the VIP subscription. To be honest, the first few dozen chapters were amazing; the author's skill was evident in both the plot and character development. But then he got An Dama, then Liu Mi, then Jiang Qianqian, then Qi Yuan, and then Sun Xiaoyan. The frequent physical entanglements with women didn't provide much enjoyment for the reader.

The writing is alright, but in chapter 164, someone rushed onto the stage and demanded that he compose lyrics and music on the spot, which was an unreasonable challenge. So the protagonist shouldn't have agreed to that kind of difficult situation, even if he had the ability. But the protagonist did agree anyway. In my opinion, this isn't showing off; it's a sign of cowardice and incompetence.

Hey, hey, watch out!

This opening is truly excellent. Generally, when we read time-travel or reincarnation stories, the opening usually has a purpose: to explain who the protagonist is, how they traveled to the other world, what they were like before, and what they are like after. Most writers focus on setting up the premise, failing to truly immerse the character.

The author's taste in plagiarized songs is truly nauseating. The novel's timeline is set in 2016, yet it's filled with old songs from the 80s and 90s, all incredibly popular. It's so jarring. Old songs are indeed classics, but they won't become popular without their historical context. Modern songs are all about mixing; the simple three-part melodies of the past are simply unlistenable.

The most disgusting pseudo-intellectual among pseudo-literary figures—you could say life has broken his spine—it's not easy for him either.

It feels a bit like appendicitis. (Comments agree.)