Thursday, September 16, 2021

Mini Reviews: Holding Onto My Man; Villain’s Sick Beauty Sister; If I Don't Do It, I Will Die

Title: Holding Onto My Man
Author: Hong Yao Yao
Chapters: 109 chapters + 1 extra
Publication: 2018
Summary from Novel Updates:

After an accidental death, in order to continue to live, Gu Bai had to choose to go through various wonderful books to complete tasks.

Every time he became a variety of small cannon fodder inside the story, Gu Bai’s code of conduct when completing task is – by all means, don’t be inferior, don’t be shameless, don’t be upright… hold on to a golden thigh.

… N times after transmigrating

Cannon fodder: (angry contempt) … You’re already so powerful, why are you still shamelessly holding on to a golden thigh to deal with us!?

Gu Bai: (deadpan) That… holding and holding… got used to it…

3 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

Because each arc was pretty short, there was a lot of plot holes, especially in the beginning. However, if you suspend your belief a few times when Gu Bai follows through on his plans, then it's a pretty entertaining story as he fulfills the original owners' wishes. The imperial palace arc was really funny because of his body's instinctual reactions lmao. Gu Bai's emotional growth and overall storyline was also an interesting mystery that slowly unraveled. 


Title: Villain’s Sick Beauty Sister
Author: 雾下菘
Chapters: 85 chapters 
Publication: 2019
Summary from Novel Updates:

Lu Nian transmigrated into the book, through the story she became a sickly woman with inconsequential role in the plot.

The Eldest lady of the wealthy Lu family the poor and sick beauty Lu Nian, the little cannon fodder who died within a few chapters in the original plot, but unfortunately, in order to assist the eldest lady, the Lu family took back a fake brother from the orphanage when she was young. His name is Elder brother, in fact, he is the servant of the eldest lady. He has a low status in the Lu family and is as humble as a dog. Anyone can beat and scold him.

Once Lu Nian transmigrated, she saw the pale and handsome young man stepped under her feet in front of her. His eyes were gloomy and cold, staring at her not far away. Lu Nian shivered when she heard his name. Qin Si?

Isn’t this what the last biggest villain in the book looked like when he was a teenager?

The last man in power of the Lu family was cold and uncaring, vicious, and overwhelmingly powerful. He took revenge one by one for the crimes he suffered when he was young, and he almost ended up with the male protagonist.

She was so scared to death that she decided to treat him well in her next limited life, hoping that he would save at least one dog’s life after he blackened.

Qin Si never thought that one day he would be able to receive the gentleness from her fingers.

The delusion that secretly grew, once came true, as long as she looked at him more and smiled at him, he could do nothing and give her life.

2 STARS - IT WAS OKAY

MY REVIEW: 

This is similar to Guide To Raising the Sick Villain and Devil's Warmth where the main girl knows the terrible ending of the male lead and therefore tries to help him throughout their childhood and teenage years. 

There's a lot of misunderstandings due to miscommunication or lack of communication, which I can understand. A lot of the time, it was like they were both having two separate conversations with each other due to their differing thoughts about the situation. Qin Si due to his low self-esteem and insecurity and Lu Nian due to her knowledge of the future. 

However, I was more irritated with Lu Nian's naivety and overall lack of awareness. There were so many obvious clues about the family mystery, and her dad's plans with her and the Zhao brothers were blatantly obvious to everyone EXCEPT for her. Her passiveness just really annoyed me. 

I wanted to quit reading the book, but I was already 2/3 through and felt like I should just continue to see if it got better. Luckily, their relationship got better and most of the misunderstandings were resolved, which was probably the best part of the book.


Title: If I Don't Do It, I Will Die
Author: 龟缩世界
Chapters: 95 chapters
Publication: N/A
Summary from Wattpad:

Lin Xiaoxiao, an obedient girl who is particularly prone to lose the golden peas, once a car accident, bound her fine work system every day. 

The system allows her to penetrate into the world in the book, work hard to be the white moonlight of the future master hero, and then accumulate "value", and if she fails to complete the task, she will have to explode on the spot. 

Xiaoxiao was trembling with fright, tears in her eyes: "Woo~~The hero is so terrible, I can't do it, what should I do? Huo~~~" 

Seeing the host who can no longer counsel, the system hates iron. Gang, akimbo, threw out a copy of "Making Heaven and Earth", patted her chest and said, "What are you afraid of, learn from me!" 

So Xiaoxiao followed the script with tears and courage to stop it. The male lead of a high school student, weak and weak: "You...Don't leave after school, I...I...I want to bully you." 

Jun Ye raised his eyebrows and looked at the wicked milk. His future daughter-in-law, pulled someone into the grove and kissed her, took the initiative to take off her clothes, and Ren Jun picked it up and said, "Well, you bully." 

Xiaoxiao:............... ........ 

To put it simply, this is a sweet story about the conscientious and dedicated female protagonist who wants to save his life and the male protagonist who only wants to spoil the female protagonist, "you are my pet"! It smells so good! Content Tag: Rebirth Sweet Wen Chuanshu Campus Search Keyword: Protagonist: Lin Xiaoxiao; Jun Ye┃Supporting Role: Other┃Others: Chuanshu; Female Match; System;

3.5 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

If you couldn't tell from the summary, this was a direct machine translation. If you can get over the incorrect pronouns, infer parts of sentences, and know enough idioms/slang like white moonlight, then I highly recommend reading this book! It was unexpectedly funny! 

Lmao I love Jun Ye's relationship with his family. All the jokes that he was picked up from a trash can never fails to make me laugh. The best part was when his mom explained why they never pushed him to study hard! Lmao what a national treasure in their family! 

Lin Xiaoxiao's relationship with her system was also pretty funny. I liked their banter and constant lying with their eyes wide open lol. I felt bad for Jun Ye because of Lin Xiaoxiao's tasks, but I also enjoyed seeing him confused and restraining his anger because he didn't understand why she was acting up lol. 

All of the humor left me completely unprepared for the angst near the end though! Luckily, it was used to explain the past, and the book ended on a happy note.

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