I find myself having a love hate relationship with the novel. Writing style is good and the characters are emotionally complex but the logic is really aggravating. I‘m on chapter 600 and perhaps certain plot holes will be fixed by some later reveal. However, the villain’s power is extremely irrationally equal to the protagonists when she has no background. All the rebirths just feel like sudden decisions to push the plot along or added randomly to justify a past issue. It’s like the protagonists’ brains just blank out when against the villain despite being brilliant in retorts. ********SPOILER WARNING********** For example, they struggle to find the cold poison seller though they know in the past life/current life all the people who had access to it (Ye Mengyu, Mo Yuchen, the trader who tried retaliating against Master Ouyang) They repeatedly let Ye Mengyu threaten their well-being and friends but can lock away his cousins who tried to kill Lu Qingchen. She consistently makes threats about ruining people’s reputation yet they don’t just simply record her to ruin Ye Mengyu’s. Mengyu is allowed to use the public opinion against them but the protagonists can’t? Their pride does not justify it as they’re supposed to be ruthless. I see no ruthlessness only stupidity. Somehow, a C-list actress with no backing even if reborn again and psychotic is able to poison the protagonist via her mother despite being tailed all the time. While the protagonists with their massive network in both business, government, and having generations of legacy are folly to Ye Mengyu’s plots. Where is the logic? They’ve had plenty of opportunities to take her down but don’t - all for the plot. The logic quite honestly makes me feel insulted as a reader. Would have already dropped this novel if I someone would just tell me the ending already (I have a compulsive need to know things). There’s so much potential here but the logic ruins it for me, leaving a poor taste in my mouth.
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I agree!! Although there are issues with grammar (verb tense, prepositions, and punctuation), the illogical plot ruins the story. The “twists” (rebirths of various characters) are lame. My gripe is the inconsistencies regarding the backstories of the characters. None of it makes sense yet creates whopping plotholes that were confusing. Much has to do with the three lifetimes angle. Rich and powerful people with connections but do nothing to decisively deal with Mingyu. The author doesn’t know the definition of “villainess” since Feifei is a far cry from it: her acts didn’t include murder. If the writer was trying to convey a lesson, she lost it during the execution of the narrative.
