Chinese Light Novel by Yilu Fan Hua (Road of Flowers, Frustrated Flower All the Time) Total Ch745 Great Urban Fantasy
I kinda wish I knew how to read Chinese. LoL Just to see what the differences are between the original and translation. I've read a few Chinese light novels and this one is the current fav. It was the right mix of layered plot, intriguing characters and wonderful + dangerous connection of friends, family and enemies.
The story has a lot of rough edges, but I really enjoyed the way details were pulled together. To be fair, this book could have easily been drawn out to a thousand chapters. The story comes close to pulling together a bunch of my favorite things and create a story with fun characters, smattering of humor and engaging twists. I don't think I've read a story that entwined so many diverse aspects of science, music, slice of life, shady politics, romance and more into one.
10/17/21 Notes:
Around Ch234
The intro to the story was rough. Reading the translation is a bit of work, because there's an obvious disconnect between the original language (Chinese) and understanding of equivalent meaning in English. However, the use of the origin's popular foreign words/slang and the way things are described shows a different kind of perspective that's been a lot of fun to connect.
I love the main characters and enjoying the anime style action sequences. A lot of details are given to the reader in a frank manner, but you have to connect the dots to understand the varied layers. So, while the story is not a mystery, it's like a mystery to solve because I'm not fed all the answers of what is happening in the story. A nice change up from the historical transmigration/portal stories and the LitRPG style action comics I've been devouring. ;)