From the Start, I Told Ghost Stories and Terrified the Entire Internet

Is Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio really scary? I didn't find it scary at all when I read it in junior high school.

In a parallel universe, a person makes a fortune by telling ghost stories. The protagonist's opening is quite interesting. Although the setting has some flaws, the merits outweigh the flaws. Starting with folk customs can effectively attract the curiosity of ordinary people.

Opinions on this book are mixed, but I think it's fundamentally very well written. First, I think the portrayal of Song Jiang is excellent. It completely breaks away from the previous style where Song Jiang was always obedient to Tang Sanzang. Tang Sanzang is also no longer seen as someone who constantly nags Lin Daiyu and neglects his duties.

Liaozhai is not a horror novel; it's more of a story about people told through the lens of ghosts.

After reading the first ten chapters, here's a brief review: the subject matter is novel and worth reading. However, the protagonist's storytelling ability is poorly described. Watching the protagonist tell stories gives the feeling that it's like reading a children's book... There's no scary atmosphere at all. The storytelling could be expanded and the plot enriched, which would make it much better!

After reading it, I found the premise quite appealing, and I could tell that the author was consciously subverting common tropes. There are some points that I find awkward. The initial premise is that the complete Westernization of the historical context led to a cultural loss.

Is *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio* scary? I finished reading it and didn't find it scary at all; I just treated it as a collection of stories. Browser searches also show it's not scary. *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio* only has a few scary stories, and the text itself isn't scary; it's the visuals and music that create the atmosphere that makes it scary.

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio? I only read this kind of hand-penetrating stuff.

Hmm... The premise is good, but the story is poorly told, with occasional major flaws. The world-building is too far-fetched; there's Taoism, yet the Taoists don't remember any of their own deities—it's all too abstract.

I just started reading it, and the writing is poor; the story is dry and uninteresting, and I have no desire to continue reading.