The Little Dining Hall of the Dali Temple
大理寺小饭堂
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 4.1M Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Classical Alternate History
- Updated
- 2d ago
- English
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Here's a suggestion for the author: The female protagonist is completely overshadowed in this book. There's far too little description of her background, emotions, etc. When we talk about her, it's all about how she cooks—detailed and elaborate, with each meal taking up a whole chapter. It feels like paying money just to see how to cook, making the whole book seem a bit wasteful.
Breaking news from Manman, readers, come take a look!!!
I saw online that Manman wasn't feeling well, but the news wasn't confirmed. She replied to me today. Readers, please wait a little longer; updates will resume once Manman has fully recovered. 😳😳😳
Author, you're writing about the Dali Temple, a prison full of inmates, where they eat and drink well every day. Is that really acceptable? Earlier, there were even people from the Dali Temple saying that they should eat well so that when they're transferred to higher-level prisons, they won't be accused of abusing prisoners?
The articles I've updated recently haven't been as good as before.
The articles are getting longer and longer, full of profound and hidden meanings, leaving readers completely confused. Novels should be simple and straightforward, but this one is being made to seem like it's about politics. It's always about one event being implied and then having to bring up the imperial court. I'm really fed up with it. One case is interpreted in eight hundred different ways.
Regarding updates
I apologize, but due to some issues that have affected Manman, updates will be temporarily suspended. She will come back, fellow readers, please wait a moment. Before that, book lovers can recommend some of their favorite books to each other to ease the wait.
Everyone's talking about the similarities in plot points, but I just want to say that the popular tropes these days are all the same: space-time, reincarnation, time travel, etc. It's all the same formula, so similar plots are normal. But, in a head-to-head competition, the brave prevail! Similar plots are fine; let's compare writing style!
I'm not looking for trouble, nor am I a hater. I'm just an ordinary passerby who used to really like this author's work. I genuinely want to ask: Was the author possessed? What kind of writing is this? 😅🤔😓😵
The novels are getting better and better. I'm a woman in my thirties, and lately I've been so bored I'm practically growing mold. I occasionally browse through my library and pick a few to read, but I can't get past the beginning. Maybe it's just that I'm getting older; the authors these days are all too young. There's a generation gap...
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The first 480 chapters were quite good, but I was confused by chapters 490-520. Why did the plot suddenly stop and it became mostly dialogue with increasingly longer sentences, as if it were written by a different author? I haven't had time to read after chapter 520 yet, but I hope it will return to the original brilliance later on.
The writing style changed so much before and after. Although I don't know what happened to the author in real life, it's really a pity that the previous work, which was so good, was ruined... It's the kind of pity that makes me feel sad.