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Hundred_Lilies
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2023-05-30 19:52

(Novel complete) First of all, it's a good novel, not great, but good. The reason why I didn't give the novel a higher score is that the author lost her way in the storyline and development after Xiaolu's trip to the desert. There were of course good chapters in between, but most of them were fillers that didn't bring the story forward or did it justice. Major characters were either forgotten or barely mentioned again, insignificant filler characters took up a lot of the chapters and the romance between the MC and ML just fell flat and basically through the crack after endless chapters of romantic anticipation. I applaud the author for not giving up the novel, I really do (though the last 200 chapters or so sure felt like it). But I feel somewhat indignant and frustrated in regard to the ending; the entire novel was like peak, peak, peak, boom, flat...- kind of feeling.

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ScarlettRubinovich
ScarlettRubinovichLv15

so is it really completed or not?

Serein_Knight
Serein_KnightLv15

Thank you, you just saved me another couple of days. My biggest peeve with some novels these days is forgetting to finish main storyline and characters arcs aswell as not investing any time into the romance. Definitely did me a favour reading your review so thanks again!

Formerlee98
Formerlee98Lv15

I think you just saved me a lot of time. I’m not liking how unintelligent and weak the family always is and was wondering whether or not to power through.

calcifer1
calcifer1Lv15

You’re review is spot on! I couldn’t explain it better than that! 🙌🙌

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