Book Review: I Just Want to Freeload on Your Luck by Ming Gui Zai Jiu

Title: I Just Want to Freeload on Your Luck
Author: Ming Gui Zai Jiu
Chapters: 75 chapters
Publication: 2020
Summary from Novel Updates:

Despite having found Mingxi, the Zhao family continued to favor the fake daughter, saying that Mingxi was not as kind nor as graceful as Zhao Yuan.

Mingxi didn’t mind. She continued to work hard to please her family although they would always say that she was trying to rob their attention away from Zhao Yuan.

Until she died because of a terminal illness.

It was then that she realized that Zhao Yuan was the actual lady blessed by luck while she was merely this novel’s evil supporting character with a tragic ending.

Zhao Mingxi who was given a second chance at life was bitterly disappointed. She no longer cared about her family. Screw her family and her fiancé. She immediately packed her bags and left home, off to complete the task given by the system named ‘Becoming Friends With Popular and Valuable Characters’.

After she left, the house suddenly became cold and quiet.

By right they should feel at ease, but–

Her parents, her indifferent elder brother, her brash younger brother, Shen Liyao who was used to her pursuits were all successively feeling… unused to it?

3 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

The beginning was pretty stiff and amateurish as the author introduces the main characters and Mingxi's situation with her family. It's obvious that the author wanted to immediately showcase how Mingxi's family favors Zhao Yuan, but it came out more deliberate and forceful. Luckily, the writing gets better after a couple of chapters. 

I love Mingxi's decisiveness and how she didn't care about getting revenge. She just wanted to drop her disappointing family and live for herself after she got a second chance of life. Such an obvious change in attitude left her family and fiancé reeling, and it takes them a long time to realize her impact on them and their impact on her. 

That's probably the best revenge Mingxi could have anyway. She doesn't care about them anymore, but now they care about her, but she doesn't even give them the time of day. 

Fu Yangxi was hilarious! He's such a tsundere! He keeps on trying to maintain a "cool guy" image but he's so easily embarrassed and happy that someone likes him for him instead of his reputation or money. He's got his own issues, but he's so sweet and sincere and stupid lmao. I loved Mingxi and Fu Yangxi's initial misunderstandings and how their relationship developed. 

There wasn't many annoying characters, and the plot was enjoyable and entertaining. The plot twist was unexpected, and Zhao Yuan's gradual change was interesting. Overall, I enjoyed this book.