The O&C Era

As a fellow writer, I've always been comforting myself, deceiving myself with small achievements. I've changed pen names many times, written many books and signed contracts, thinking there was no author more in a lowly position than me who could still persevere. Until I saw this book… Simple writing style, terrible sentences, a long and tedious plot, yet it managed to garner over five million views, even with only a handful of collections, monthly tickets, likes, and ratings, it still updated consistently. If a writer who has passed through the passionate and impetuous years of youth, under the grinding of time and the current materialistic society…

It's terribly written, no, it's also perfectly written—what kind of interest is this? For literature, this is absolutely a masterpiece; it's perfect. The vast world-building and the poetic verses of the characters are breathtaking. How perfect is it? How can one even begin to describe it? It's like a city-state after ruins, still so beautiful. How terrible is it? Absolutely terribly terrible, for a novel seen on SF (a Chinese online forum). This is absolutely nauseating writing—long, tedious, and difficult to understand. It's practically detached from the mundane world. The long paragraphs immediately kill any desire to read. ...

"I look up at the starry sky, and what I see is neither a dazzling array of stars nor a dim, lifeless expanse. That darkness—is merely despair woven from endless darkness." This is what I, a lazy bum, thought to myself as I type. Once, I thought I was the undisputed king of lazy bums—until I opened this interface. You, surrounded by ten times more words than me and only two or three times more favorites and likes, these two symbols of "big shots" and "lazy bums"—you are the undisputed king of lazy bums! Since I can't beat those big shots in terms of favorites and likes, then I'll use sheer "quantity" to crush them! Only...

This book is not one that ordinary people can understand. It is as beautiful as an epic poem, but equally difficult to comprehend. It is undoubtedly a literary masterpiece, but not a good novel. It is like a book written in heaven, making it impossible for readers to immerse themselves in it. —A review from a mediocre author

I persevered and read to the very end, where the author himself composed poems and lyrics—that was truly impressive! He deserves the title of the best writer in SF (a Chinese online literature platform). I bow down to this master.

Pineapple Bun's first divine book, the author is also a divine person.

When I first saw this book, I was stunned by its 5 million+ words and its large number of followers. My God, 5 million words! What does 5 million words even mean? Even with the fastest typing machine, typing 10,000 words a day would take over a year. However, many people clearly can't do that, because they have to painstakingly craft the novel's readability and storytelling. How to attract readers; such a difficult problem lies before me. I approached this book with the mindset of a reader. When I reached 1%, I finally understood why this book had such bad luck. Although the book's descriptions have Homeric influences...

Well, how to put it? After reading a few chapters of this book, I felt very uncomfortable. It's an indescribable feeling, how can I put it? It's like a rock in a latrine—stinky, hard, and unbearable. Each chapter felt like torture; I simply couldn't force myself to continue. I recognize every single word, but when they're put together, I don't even understand what the author is trying to convey. Maybe I'm just too superficial? Forgive me, I really can't understand it. To say this book is bad is to say its writing style is as beautiful as an epic; to say it's good is to say it's like an epic, incomprehensible. Every passage is beautiful, yet it leaves one with a feeling of...

I wish I had a liver as strong as that expert's!

The starry sky is so dazzling because we always look up at it with utmost humility. A story is so captivating because we always explore that world with immense anticipation. The author's language, while not exactly ornate, is so poetic that at certain points, I felt like I wasn't reading a light novel, but a full-fledged book. This feeling is wonderful to me; reading is sometimes like listening to music, a beautiful melody that allows you to immerse yourself in another world with your eyes closed. And the plot twists coupled with this writing style immediately made me wonder—was the author a film student? Like a cinematic storyboard, the words are clearly...