C-Novels Review // Part 1

I've been really lacking of new dramas to watch these days so I drifted my focus on reading some english translated c-novels. I'm genuinely surprised by how much I love these novels till the point that i will re-read some of it. C-novels are soaring in the romance part, I have to say. It's like you can't get enough of them and you become a greedy wolf wanting to read more and more. I'm really grateful though for discovering this small world of c-novels online. It makes me really understand what it meant to be loved and to love someone (as cheesy as that sounds). It makes me understand that there are all kinds of love in this world that sometimes we may not understand, but sometimes love is meant to be felt, not to be understood. A great love should defy all rationality right? In some ways reading such sweet things makes my heart a bit sour and I feel a tinge of loneliness. It's a bit shameful to say but I think that this is a part of human nature. We were taught that we were born incomplete, that one of our purposes in life is to find that someone that makes us whole. So we're always searching, restlessly searching...I guess we can only wait, perhaps if we're lucky enough we may get our own share of a sweet love story someday!

Okay... Enough rambling..

Anyway, this post will be about my take and mini reviews of some c-novels that I've been binge-reading these past few weeks.

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#1 One life, One Incarnation: Beautiful Bones

This novel has not fully been translated yet but frankly I love this one the most out of all of the novels that are listed here. I'm sure when it's fully translated it will not disappoint! I feel like the romance in this novel is unlike anything that I've seen before. It's so serene, so quiet, and yet it touches all the right spots. The progress of the romance and the subtle nuances that are hinted throughout the whole novel are so perfectly crafted. Even with the slow pacing, this novel is not a bore at all. Instead you will not want it any other way. This novel is just right... Personally for me reading it warms my heart, to see that there's such a love in this world is a wonderful feeling. One of the best parts of their love story is the rare and realistic mutual understanding that the OTP has. How can anything get anymore romantic and sweet than a love that spans from one life to another?! Thinking back, one of the things that make this novel special is how it has the feel of a historical novel and that makes it much more poetic than reading most modern novels. I feel like it integrates the past seamlessly and that is not an easy feat to achieve.. What more can I say, so far it has been pure perfection and honestly I've been re-reading some of the passages over and over again. My only advise is for you who doesn't like to wait and like to read something from the beginning to the end with no interruption whatsoever just need to wait for a few more months until the novel is fully translated. Either way, this novel will always be a favourite of mine and I really do hope people will like it as much as I do. I really hope that someone can make a drama series out of this novel, someone sensible at least like the one who creates Bu Bu Jing Xin but that is still a looooonngg way to go.

The novel is currently being translated in this blog:
hui3r.wordpress.com

#2 Just a smile is very alluring

Never would i have thought that i would love a novel that revolves around gaming. I was even interested to play similar games that was described in the book. It's simply amazing how this book can show such a squeal worthy and geeky romance that revolves around a Wuxia game. When I first read the synopsis, I didn't expect it to be so addictive and what's even better is that it has been fully translated so that it allows you to do a  reading marathon. Firstly I would like to say that the heroine of this novel is very likeable and I personally really like her type of character. Of course, the male lead is your typical perfect,smart, handsome, popular, prince-charming kind of guy so there's nothing wrong with that. However, I feel like as I grow older I very much prefer a more flawed character to add a more realistic touch to the novel. Anyway, I feel like the story line itself is very good and you will not get bored by it although I think that near the end the story gets weaker in comparison with the beginning part. As for me, I would probably only re-read the beginning to middle part of the story which I find is the most entertaining. Currently, this novel is being turn into a drama series starring zheng shuang and yang yang. Hmmm, I am not entirely fond of the casting of the leads especially Zheng Shuang. I tried to watch her drama many times but there's just something odd about her acting that kinda turns me off. Anyway, I will still give this series a try just because I'm curious how they'll integrate the gaming section in the series.

You can read the english translated novels here:
https://wwyxhqc.wordpress.com/just-one-smile-is-very-alluring/

#3 Husband be a gentleman

This novel is one of the most delightful novels out there. I really adore both of the main leads especially how they interact with each other. It's refreshing to see how both of the main leads are hiding their true selves from the world and only show their true personality to each other. The world is a vicious place and the palace is a warzone. This novel contains the battle of wits and intelligence so for those who like to read palace politics this novel is a great one. I feel like although this novel revolves around palace politics, it is still a light read. For those who have read Song of the Clouds, you will find that the politics makes it such a heavy read unlike this novel. I usually don't really like reading too much of confusing palace politics with people battling for power but I didn't skip any parts of this novel. Perhaps it's because of the flow of the novel or the intrigues that keeps getting me pulled back in but the writer has certainly done a good job in keeping up the pace. Anyway, I feel that this is one of the most interesting novels out there and some times in the future I will definitely re-read it.

You can find the novel in : trungtnguyen123.wordpress.com
(If you go to the website, you'll find that she also translated some other interesting novels that are worth reading. )


#4 You Are Still Here

I have mix feelings about this novel.... I love it as much as I dislike it. It's too realistic that sometimes I feel uncomfortable reading it. BUT the realism is what makes this novel differs from others. I find that the female lead is sometimes too coldhearted and that is a lot for me to admit. I usually love some cold heartedness in some leads because it usually says they are not naive but in this novel her indifference makes me want to scream at her. There's a passage that I really like from the novel though:

For a long period, she kept asking herself why he chose her from the many girls around. Of course she knew that love was unconditional and she could easily accept him just as Cinderella met and secured her prince. But the crux of the matter was, she was unwilling to be Cinderella.

Who ordained that Cinderella must be rescued by a prince? The fairytale only spoke of their happily ever after but had anyone ever considered how superficial their happiness was? No one had stopped to ask if Cinderella was willing. It seemed as though the moment her foot slipped into the glass slipper, she had no choice but to follow the princegratefully back to his castle and live eternally in accordance with the royal rules. If it wasn’t for his rescue, she might have had to continue washing the laundry in the icy lake. But, what if Cinderella was meant to meet an ordinary fisherman that way? What if they fell in love and she was able to live with him, away from the clutches of her evil step-family? Then the world would not have their Cinderella princess but a mere woman who was loved by a simple fisherman.

And she, Su Yun Jin, despite her reticence and low self-esteem, was her own princess. She didn’t want to be in a high profile relationship where the two leads were oddly imbalanced in social standing. She didn’t want to be that Cinderella and endure talk of “How fortunate Su Yun Jin is that Cheng Zheng should fancy her.” Why didn’t anyone once mention how lucky Cheng Zheng was to like someone like Yun Jin? Each blossom is unique in this world. Cheng Zheng may be everyone’s ideal man but even if she was merely a roadside wild flower, she was still special in her own right.

I'm not quite sure why but I like how her mind differs from others. On the other hand, the male lead is sometimes too outrageously childish but cute in some ways. He's an extrovert that likes to show his love in a loud way. So just imagine for a while now how their personality is so contradictory and how it can easily collide with each other... Let me tell you for sure, this novel is certainly not fairytales and rainbows... However, despite its melancholic feel the novel ends in a happy ending which is a good thing I suppose so that's a plus point.


Oh by the way, I also recently just found out that they are going to make a movie out of this staring Crystal Liu and Kris Wu... I am not quite sure about the Kris Wu part no offense but I hope that his acting will exceed my expectations because I actually can't wait for this movie to come out. I hope they keep the ambience of the novel similar..

You can read the english translation here:
hui3r.wordpress.com

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