Discussion Novels you thought you would hate from the description but loved.

Discussion in 'Novel General' started by Lachiel, Nov 4, 2015.

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  1. udin-san

    udin-san Well-Known Member

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    Kuro no Maou, but not because of the description.. the tags are pretty dark they scare me
     
  2. xociss

    xociss Well-Known Member

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    LMS and CD were the first two i read. Got hooked from the beginning. Well.. I think ST. I thought I would hate it from the summary and the reviews on some pages, but... well .. i was wrong..LOL :p
     
  3. korendir

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    @SrPyro, I'm unable to find your review of HJC, where can I have a look at it please?

    I would really love to make a better synopsis of HJC indeed =(
     
  4. Daike1234

    Daike1234 THE GUY WHO TRANSLATE WITH THE HELP OF MACHINES

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    why need a better synopsis? Just read it cause its freaking worth It!
     
  5. korendir

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    Because some people don't give it a chance when its not a good synopsis heh
     
  6. Rreelentless

    Rreelentless Captain Sheriff Admiral Colonel Major General

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    How I stalked some dude with an exposed nipple and stumbled upon the Zenithian Sword:
    the title alone nearly stopped me until I just went in and found one of my favourite manga's
     
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    I'm sorry. I don't write reviews for all novels I read xD I prefer writing reviews for less popular novels that either have potential or deserve more readers. I've only written 13 reviews, with 10 of them when User Profile was just released and thus, I was trying to get higher in the rankings (that means those were random short reviews).

    PS: HJC (stands for Heavenly Jewel Change right?) is good. Do read it haha ;) There are many good reviews on it already.
     
  8. Ldyrdy

    Ldyrdy Snowfallsdown

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    i was thinking you would say you love it but well... agree
     
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    Ldyrdy Snowfallsdown

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    Don't worry... they just don't realize that the author is the great tang san..
     
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    CD.
    It was too slow at the start. Took me one week to finish the first 3 books. I got hooked after Alice .
     
  11. coveted

    coveted Sexiest Banana Alive

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    Apocalypse Cockroach! Weird description. Even weirder storyline. And what's weirder. I loved it.
     
  12. korendir

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    Yeah, I saw someone say you wrote a review on it that's why I asked =p
    I'm the TL =p I was trying to find a way to improve the synopsis heh
     
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  13. CDLevit

    CDLevit Aspiring water; spark of cynicism; Em&es explorer.

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    I Shall Seal the Heavens at first I was really doubting reading it, but seeing it have such popularity I gave it a try.
    So what if it's an RPG World?! the description made it sound boring, cliche and without a story, reviews in Mangaupdates didn't help, once I read it i found it to be much better.
    Zhu Xian, the description is basically the prologue of the story, and it doesn't work to describe it at all.
    Tales of Demons and Gods, the time travel in the description didn't sold it for me, I'm glad I tried to read it.
     
  15. Tolena

    Tolena 《Virtual Reality Addict》

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    You can say basically most of the Xianxia has horrible description saying something too profound for people to not understand what it's about.
     
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    Zone Q11 『The Gas Mask』『Monochrome Plebeian』

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    Correct!
     
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    Rooster x Rooster. My dum ass thought it would be a typical ABO BL story, but I was wrong. Well, technically it is, but I ended up relishing every word in the short story. The smut is sent from the heavens, I strongly recommend everyone to give this a try.

    I'm just kidding. The s*x scenes are horrifying. I want to wash my eyes with vinegr. The story is horrifying, the papapa is horrifying, pomelo tea boss is cute.

    Aside from that, I guess there's a handful of BL stories I've loved reading which has horrible synopsis. You know those synopses where it shows a cringe-worthy dog food-feeding 'funny' dialogue between the two leads. I abhor the stage plays at the end of the chapters/author's note. Very cringe, not funny at all, dirty jokes kept repeating which makes it overused and tiring to read.

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