If you're reading the same kind of books over and over again, and they crop up with the same kinds of problems, it's probably time to switch to...
I think that the Villainess situation is pretty unique in that the writers are actively working against their subgenre. I guess you can say that...
It's perfectly normal to like bad books. Hell, I like reading bad books. But the problem here goes beyond the Villainess books being bad. It's...
The reason for this kind of story line is that the author created a really awesome love interest and feels the need for the protagonist to do...
For the first part of my post, this isn't entirely true as making the writing process more convenient is something that benefits the author but...
步步生莲 Normally I'd recommend something like "Bu Bu Jing Xin", but it's a tragedy and it's one of the sadder stories out there. This book is more...
It's a mistranslation. The term that's used is "少女", and while it can look like "little girl", it more properly means young woman. It's the...
The reason why novels turn out like this is pretty easy to figure out. The tendency of authors is to write stories that in ways that are...
It's easy to point to specific exceptions - a good example of this is the Villainess novel. The best one out there is "Kenkyo, Kenjitsu o Motto...
Historical novels are my favorite genre, and the ones that are written properly can be utterly amazing. However, to get there, you'll have to be...
Bu Bu Jing Xin This was the first proper Chinese Romance novel I ever read, and it was fantastic! While the book does have a romance at its heart...
It should be noted though that this book is pretty transphobic. To be fair, it's more about what people are willing to sacrifice for the sake of...
It's actually a quirk in the English language wherein the word "assassinate" only applies if the target is successfully killed. The Chinese word...
If the transmigrator has empirical evidence to prove that he knows things about the world then that would give credence to his claims. However,...
You'd be violating the rules of epistemology so the native inhabitants would be right to ignore your arguments. Moreover, it can just as easily...
The Deer and the Cauldron This is an easy recommendation because it's literally the best book on NU and it is the progenitor of all the Chinese...
Twelve Kingdoms This is an anthology series featuring several different protagonists and it's probably the best isekai ever written. It has one...
Levels and tiers and things like that are dumb, and they rarely matter to the books that use them. Stories that don't bother with that stuff are...
"In a word, some TV shows were really lies." It's less important to try to translate specific words and phrases and more useful to try to...
I don't think that eldritch gods work with what the OP is thinking of. The thing about eldritch gods is that they're supposed to be extremely...
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