Webnovel Review: My Underachieving Seatmate Doesn’t Need Any Comforting by Long Qi

Title: My Underachieving Seatmate Doesn’t Need Any Comforting

Author: Long Qi

Chapters: 122 chapters 

Publication: 2019

Summary from Novel Updates:

Qiao Shao, who worked hard to stay up all night and study, was first in class — if you count from the bottom.

He Shen, who was able to get a perfect score even when he slept all day, in a rare display of kindness, bought a bottle of drink to comfort his s*upid seatmate.

Then he saw the messages popping up on Qiao Shao’s phone—

Dad: Don’t panic, it’s okay if you didn’t do well in the exam. Dad just ordered a new sports car for you.

Granddad: Grandson, there’s no need to hurry. It’s alright even if you didn’t do well in your exam. Granddad bought a new yacht for you, come and take a break.

Grandpa: Grandson, don’t cry, it’s okay if you didn’t do well in the exam. Grandpa’s billions-worth of properties are all yours.

With a blank expression, He Shen threw his 2.5 Yuan worth bottle of drink into the tr*sh.

Hold your horses! Comfort?

4.5 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW:

Came for the humor and fluff, got invested with the tragic past, and then fed more dog food!

The summary's misleading! You think it's about the antics of a stupid, rich main character and his super smart deskmate, but it's actually about the misunderstandings between all of the characters lol. That and the melancholic, slowly interwoven tragic past revealed that grips your heartstrings and doesn't let you go. The hilarious situations throughout the book highlight the stark contrasts of emotions you feel throughout the novel. It's great. You go from guffawing in one chapter to sniffling in the next lol.

This book is more slice of life comedy with an underlying mystery, so don't expect a high tension action packed thriller. Like I said earlier, the comedy and misunderstandings and fluff sucks you in while the mystery keeps you addicted. But it's really the characters that make the book. 

Qiao Shao is an awesome main character. His confidence in his grades and studying is hilarious compared to exam scores. His sense of justice and loyalty is realistic and admirable. His constant drive to pretend to be an average student and not reveal his super rich background is hilarious. 

He Shen also had a lot of quirks. He's so smart that the school treats him as a god and let's him get away with anything, which leads to a lot of misunderstandings to newcomers like Qiao Shao who thinks he's also a slacker lmao. 

Poor Lou Xiao's constant misunderstanding of the main couple because of his myopia is still the funniest part lmao. I love how he handled things both for his friends and for himself.

I also love Qiao Shao's family. They're so protective and worried about him, but they all show it in different (and often hilarious) ways. His grandpa's are too funny.

I highly recommend this book. You'll laugh and cry throughout reading it!