The Portrait Artist: I Draw with My Life, Make the Whole Internet Weep, and Beg Me to Stop!

It's a great read, but I felt a bit frustrated at the beginning when I saw the protagonist constantly being affected by fate. I always wanted to see what the protagonist's situation would be like. I'm only up to chapter 53 now.

I've read a hundred chapters. The theme is novel, but the content is mediocre. The protagonist is a portrait artist who helps the police solve cases. The government officials depicted are also rather bland. For example, at a national treasure appreciation event, the national treasure is stolen; at one of the "Ten People Who Moved the Nation" events, someone plots to harm someone's safety. There are other things I won't mention, because doing so would violate my comment rules (please don't be offended).

The author loves to incorporate all the typical online troll tactics into this novel. Before the protagonist is even drawn, a rival leader starts criticizing them, and netizens criticize the protagonist while praising the rival; then, once the protagonist is drawn, netizens start criticizing the rival and praising the protagonist. The entire story is a constant cycle of praise and criticism, with each event requiring a confrontation. After reading it, you'll find that if you remove the so-called online criticism and the back-and-forth of criticism, there's practically nothing left—probably over 90% of the content. The entire novel lacks a core message.

This novel is poorly written and doesn't make sense. The protagonist is miserable, and so is the entire nation! Academicians are treated like dirt, getting insulted by everyone! The premise is novel, but it talks about superpowers without any real substance. Military hospitals are open to anyone, regardless of ability. It's just too much to bear.

The only downside is that the author is deliberately updating so slowly. Hurry up! Come on, come on!

Can you imagine a book where the main culprits are all critics? Police and national academicians are helpless against a group of trolls. National academicians are arbitrarily cyberbullied and framed, and then nothing happens to them.

There are quite a few typos, and it feels very vague. I couldn't continue after chapter 55. The beginning is almost entirely filled with comments from netizens to pad the word count, and then it just keeps praising the protagonist (Weekend) for how great he is, and how much respect others (big shots, passersby, netizens) have for him. It's not really my style. If you ignore the typos, the writing is okay.

To be honest, it wasn't very good. The main character always says the same thing when faced with advice, and the plot was quite boring. Maybe I just haven't seen the exciting parts yet.

The handling of internet cafes is very strange. It's always said that the internet is not above the law, yet none of them have faced legal consequences.

It's good. The beginning is a bit slow and annoying, but it gets much better later on.