My Dorky Little Girlfriend

Cherish every author who writes sweet stories

A female author? She gives me a "ugly duckling" feeling; we're projecting the male protagonist onto her, but it seems the author is projecting the female protagonist.

It's just that female authors don't need to force themselves to write for male readers. Is it some kind of obsession? It's so hard for girls to write things that grown men like to read... Seriously, I read your first book last year, and it seems like your work hasn't improved since.

I'll go first, do whatever I want 🙂

To be objective, this book is indeed not as well-written as the one you cut out, which had dozens of chapters. The pacing and everything else in the previous book were much better than this one. This book was actually written quite well before it was published, not particularly bad, but things started to go strange after it was published. First of all, the pace is too slow.

I was disgusted when I saw the later parts; my house was burned down when I was a child. Then he was threatened again; his girlfriend's safety was practically openly threatened, yet he didn't dare ask his parents for clarification. I just don't understand the point of writing such rubbish in a slice-of-life romance novel. Does it advance the plot? It's utterly useless except to disgust the reader.

He Yuwei's character setting is quite good. She doesn't necessarily get involved with Lin Beichen and Jiang Shuqing in this era. She can just quietly contribute from behind the scenes and fulfill her wishes from her previous life.

The writing is okay, the plot is so-so, but what I can't accept the most is how the male lead, a time traveler, is so insecure in front of his wife of ten years? Constantly worrying that his wife doesn't like him anymore is really downright stupid. Did the novel completely forget about the time travel trope? And the scene where he meets his mother-in-law—how many times did he meet her in his past life? Why are you so nervous? That's ten years!

I have a few minor complaints. After reading up to chapter 25, it's basically just dragging out the pace in various ways. There's a clear opportunity to confess, but they keep delaying it, creating all sorts of uncertainty. It's giving me a real headache. Is there really such a thing as a past life that would cause you to have these questions? Is this just deliberately dragging out the pace?

Well, the author's writing is quite solid. They don't need the first three chapters to draw readers in; the first two are enough to get them hooked. The romance is clearly going to be a pure, sweet story. We'll just have to see if the business aspects get off track later...