land of stories graphic novels
Lin Ziyin, modern day mechanical professor especially hired by the school, had the potential for great achievement in her field. However, due to family reasons, she could only treat her mechanical research and teaching as a secondary job, pouring all her energy into the farm and the food business before. Despite her low-key approach, she was unable to suppress her sister's rage, and a furious car crash sent her straight to ancient times. Indeed, she had excellent character, so why did the heavens send her to the sparsely populated Northern Land. Known as the death zone, those who were banished to this borderland would spend their lives and perish there. However, Lin Ziyin was quite satisfied with her own identity. Even if she had lost the protection of her parents, she still had the protection of her siblings and grandfather. Of course, she also had her younger brother and nephew at home who needed her protection. This abundance of familial love was enough to compensate for the hardships caused by poverty at home. Poverty, she wasn't afraid of, as she had experience in farming. With large swathes of uncultivated land, the Northern Land was practically custom-made for her. The heavy workload didn't matter either, she was proficient in designing all kinds of small tools. Whether it was the emperor's absurdity, not providing aid to the border king, or the shameless Tatars that would rob them frequently, none of these posed a problem for her. She could think of solutions for everything. It wasn't uncommon for the border king to tell everyone how lucky he was to have married such a wonderful queen!
Full of thought-invoking mysteries. The plot is really well thought out and interconnected. Usually adventure type of novels starts from an abandoned or ‘third-worldish’ land then as the MC grows stronger, the MC goes to a more prosperous land. But here, the MC starts from the ‘prosperous land’ and branches out to a ‘lesser’ land. The MC then comes back to the main land after he finishes whatever adventure he does there. It is little unique in that sense. I haven’t read any novels with such structure. At the same time, the emotions and learnings implied in the stories and conversation between the characters are really gems in themselves. You don’t just get entertained here, you also ger to use your brain to really understand the implications of their conversations as well as actions. It is such a joy as well that the MC isn’t some kind of ass-whooped-saint.