No Routine, Just Pursuing Storytelling, a Masterpiece Worth Watching

I've heard of the name, I'll read it when I have time.

Recommended by book friends, it has a good reputation, but the number of words is a bit short. I will wait until I am more mature and read it before I review it.

There are many novels that borrow the setting of Cthulhu from Qidian, but most of the writers just use it as a cover. Those who can localize the core of Cthulhu and combine the uniqueness of gods and ghosts to form their own flavor can be regarded as unique from Qidian. The body exists in two worlds at the same time, but the consciousness can only choose one side. Which side is real? Which side is false? What's even more terrible is that it's not that the consciousness on this side stops the body on the other side. People in the two worlds regard Li Huowang as mentally ill, but the reader can understand the logic of Li Huowang's behavior and feel the contradiction and pain in Li Huowang's heart, especially the sentence "Mom, I really can't tell the difference." It really breaks people's defenses. Enough to be epileptic, enough to be insane. I have to say that Foxtail has grasped the essence of mental illness very well, and can apply it to the novel without making people feel inconsistent. From a creative point of view, it is really admirable. However, this book is biased toward a niche audience, and is suitable for readers who like darkness, despair, weirdness, and even novelty. Half of the credit for this book's popularity comes from Zuo Wangdao, who likes to recruit people into the industry. It feels a bit like the QQ group at Station B who forwards the video of the unfavorable life to others to spread pain. However, I never imagined that it would actually break out of the circle like this, and even vaguely have the possibility of becoming a wall-breaking work. To be honest, there are so many sensitive parts in the content of this book that it is difficult not to ensure that the singer will observe it and just read a two-way foil. To be able to achieve such results in a niche book, Foxtail can be said to be quite impressive.

Compared with his previous novel I Am Legend, Tangled's second novel has become much more mature after gaining experience. It is a partial unit drama and an absurdist drama. It consists of three stories. The plot moves quickly and the word count is never too high (this can be seen from the fact that the three volumes of the book are completed with 770,000 words). The plot is exciting and full of tension, and the writing is very graphic and has a movie-like texture. The criticism of capital is incisive, the plot is wild and unconstrained, and it can be written well even if you dare to write it. I especially like the Moon Bird volume in it. I'm struggling with my emotional orientation in writing books, and I don't know if it's influenced by my art major. As an inspired writer, he is full of inspiration and passionate about creation. He seems to have countless ideas for him to splurge. The consequence of being informal is that he is not rigorous in the details of things. However, this cannot hide the excellence in plot design. His works often pursue pure storytelling. (Actually, the biased sexual orientation also has a shortcoming, but the plot of this book is fast and compact enough, so it does not appear in this book. We will talk about it in the next one) The shortcomings are a bit subjective. Personally, I feel that since the pursuit of story-telling, the length of the second volume of the trial is a bit too much, it can be reduced appropriately to include a detailed description of the people and society. If it only focuses on describing emotions, the people are opposed because of identity politics, and too much pursuit of "virtual" while ignoring "real" will make the criticism feel superficial. The content of the trial is in line with the discussions in the chapters about high-dimensional creatures, abandoned robots, shimmering people, and ghosts in the third volume. It is a bit preachy, which affects the story to some extent. Except for robots, the existence of these things is a bit surreal, and there is a suspicion of deus ex machina, which slightly destroys the internal logic of the story. The description of things in the story itself is enough to express the meaning. Adding too many elements will only affect the story itself. (Personal experience only)

Dian Bao's first book, but the level is so high that it's hard to believe it's his first book. The style of the early stage is more physical books, rather than a Western fantasy, it is more like a war novel with a bit of low magic color. The writing is sophisticated, the plot is excellent, and the settings are well researched to the point of making one's head tingle. You can see the author's research stickers in the book review area for basically every chapter. The detailed descriptions of the war are extremely accurate, the characters are more group portraits, and there are many emotionally delicate details in the middle, but I won't go into details to avoid spoilers. The first few dozen chapters are as gentle as the Lord of Mysteries. The cannons in the middle are brutal. Soldiers and officers are just numbers in the face of war, but in front of Winters, his comrades fell bloody in front of him. The protagonist suffered a lot during this period. In the later stage, when the protagonist develops and has his own power, it becomes a bit more cool. The protagonist looks like the chosen one of Khorne. As the forces change, the protagonist's individual combat power will only have less and less impact on the battle situation. In this case, having to go to the battlefield in person will only make the war benefits smaller and smaller or even negative. It is very likely that you will suffer a big loss because of this. It depends on how Dianbao handles it. (But it's really cool to see Winters open the Wushuang) If you insist on being picky, the author is too rigorous. Yes, this is both an advantage and a disadvantage of Dianbao. He pursues everything comprehensively and wants to write every detail in place, so that the later it gets, the more things need to be considered. Not to mention the extremely difficult writing, it also led to a slight delay in the middle period. Dianbao himself is also aware of this problem. He has repeatedly said that the next volume should be more concise, but in the end he still writes a lot of words in each volume. Of course, this delay is not obvious. The update speed is very slow, with only one update from January 1st to 20th firmly ranking in the top ten of the fantasy list. I don't know whether to lament that the fantasy theme is too niche or that the level of electronic treasures is too high. (Dian Bao said that he decided to start writing novels after watching Stormy Butterfly and he became dissatisfied. In a sense, it can be regarded as a kind of spiritual inheritance)

The work of the long-famous Great God Squid, Qidian's first wall-breaking work. I don't need to say much about the quality. I also admire authors like Cui Zui who dare to break through their comfort zones, constantly try new themes, and bring new reading experiences to readers. The setting is first-rate, the structure of society is realistic with enough reference to documents, the characters are well created, and in terms of plot, as long as you read the first volume of "Farewell at the Station," you won't have any doubts about it. Although it is said that the mom fans and dad fans in the book review section do not have a good experience for people who just want to focus on the plot, it is also his ability to break through the circle and attract an audience from female videos. However, the fly in the ointment is that the level of the high-sequence is too high, and the conceptual battles involved make the later battles a bit too rhetorical. Similar to Yu-Gi-Oh's "I invalidate your effects, I invalidate your invalidations", this matryoshka-like feeling makes the later battles not so good-looking. This is also a common problem involving conceptual battles, and people who like to engage in mysterious and mysterious themes. I hope Squid can think of a reasonable solution in the second part.