What’s it like to be a camera assistant for a supernatural live-streaming celebrity who makes a career out of death?
Chu Yang answers: Who am I? Where am I?
Chu Yang was just an ordinary hotel room attendant, he never expected that he would be dragged into a world of weirdness and wonder after encountering a narcissistic and dramatic live-streaming celebrity. Ghostly shadows in the hotel, decaying and deformed patients in a hospital, suicidal spirits in a boarding school, the crying of babies in a department store at night and a ghostly deer outside the forest cabin…… had turned his world view upside down. From then on, seeing ghosts and fighting monsters became commonplace, and more often than not he had to face the maddening horror of the unknown.
Cthulhu inspired, also influenced and inspired by Silent Hill, The Shining, Graveyard Encounter, Rick and Morty, Layers of Fear, Biocentri□□□, etc.
So my journey with this book is as such: I started it last year trying to save myself from a reading slump, but I didn't manage. Although I liked the beginning and made it to 15% (that in danmei term is quite the feat) I just felt that I couldn't fully commit to it so I put it on hold.
Then I kept thinking about it for months and thought that I should definitely finish this and this week I finally did...However every moment of it was pain.
For fans of tragic lovers, (a lot of) angst, cthulhu lore (I knew nothing about it prior to this book and I was like ??? most of the time) and unbelievable plots, this is for you. For Yuwu fans, this is for you.
I thought it's going to be something similar to an unlimited flow and I am now sure that I preferred the first half over the second half. It's easy to read - because the writing itself is captivating. The plot is PURE PAIN.
These 2 went through SO MUCH and all I wanted was to escape, to finally finish it because I couldn't take it anymore. The happy moments were very few and the author's purpose was to torture Chu Yang to the point of madness...Not to mention the info-dumping. By the 70% mark I was already skipping or reading student-style. All that just to get a bittersweet ending? It felt unsatisfactory. All that pain only for this?
Indeed, I'd compare it to Yuwu because from some points of view they're really similar: the constant pain to the point of making you grow numb and then at the end a bit disappointed.
I know I'm not exactly selling this to whoever reads this review in the future but these 2 were adorable, we got side couples (3!!!) that were adorable as well. I enjoyed the horror elements and the different realities plot point as well. Also my general knowledge expanded.
In the end I am not sure how to rate this, I'm probably going to come back after I reflect on it some more.
My poor babies. My poor soulmates. You experienced so much so much suffering i couldnt even imagine it. Sigh im not sure where to start, maybe the beginning? First of all, this was jesus christ so different than i thought. I never knew i was going to see battles between gods and reading about their suffering through EVERY UNIVERSE im hurt i love them sm. I never knew i would see such a pair of soulmates like seriously. They DESERVE EVERYTHING. But yeah the beginning wow was so different from the ending like goddamn. But then the characters, aahahwhisoewk I love them all sm and especially our main characters 😭😭😭 they have gone through sm and without each other they will go crazy. But it was really fascinating to read character development like chu yang’s, slowly going crazy yk and that as well was painful as fuck to read about. Then perhaps I really loved the devourer chu yang and our main chu yang because they are the exemplar that they would go so far as to destroy the whole world for lin qi. But in the end, they both realize it’s wrong and no matter what, they would lose their memories of their own lin qis. But then the prophet lin qi was the proof of madness, to go so far when he had lost everything. I cried like a bitch, seriously, and also i really loved the sci-fi aspect because i LOVE parallel universe and everything. There were some parts that i could guess because the story resembled a looot like Rick and morty so i could kinda guess some of the plot twists. But overall such an amazing love story. IM HURT.
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🌟5/5 " No me importa si eres un monstruo, no importa qué pecados hayas cometido, si vas al infierno, iré contigo".
la novela trata acerca de chu yang un chico que trabajaba en un hotel alejado de todo hasta que un día llegó un extraño huésped, lin qi quien es un streamer de cosas de terror y por cosas de la vida se acaban mezclando sus vidas y chu yang acaba como el camarógrafo de lin qi, en este trabajo aprenderá muchas cosas que jamás creyó posible, la novela es mucho realmente mucho más compleja de lo que te muestran al inicio.
mi opinión: comienza de forma lenta metiéndote a la historia poco a poco, llenándote de intrigantes las cual se te resolverán más adelante, si tuviera que describir su progreso sería como fichas de dominó cayendo susesivamente y revelando más lo profundo de la historia. la novela es terror cosmico y vaya que lo es, en cuanto historia te hace simpatizar con el protagonistaz chu yang quién no empieza más que como un humano común y se mete en algo mucho más grande sin darse cuenta, todo en la novela tiene un por qué todo se enlaza de forma hermosa en la que está llena de plot twist que muchas veces no ves venir, te mantiene ahí con tu atención al máximo preguntándote ¿que encontrarán ahora nuestros protagonistas?, es simplemente una experiencia bastante agradable de leer, te atrapaz te mantiene ahí y te destroza.
dicho esto empezaré hablando de los personajes iniciando con el mc chu yang quién como dije es alguien normal pero que tiene un transfondo desgarrador, una historia y un sueño, es agradable de leer, te hace empatizar y sentir lo que el siente personalmente con quién más empatize y realmente es agradable como protagonista no deja nada de que quejarse, ahora el ml lin qi quien es alguien misterioso, alguien que sabes que hay algo más detrás de su fachada de rico mimado, en realidad es alguien que siente, es alguien que ha vivido mucho y tiene horribles experiencias de vida, mientras más lo lees más te genera gusto por el, es como una cebolla que explorar capa por capa, conflejo pero sumamente atrayente, los personajes secundarios no tengo tanto que decir empatize mucho con algunos y otros no empatize nada siento que hay falta de desarrollo en estos pero no lo suficiente para que sea un problema real.
la historia trata de dioses, almas gemelas, diversas realidades, el destino, distintas vidas etc. por algo te hace sentir tanto y es que te mete en sus historias, te explican el por qué, es una novela que personalmente creo que te abprda el tema de si puedes escapar de tu destino, te llena de impotencia ver cómo luchan con todo para que al final lo que tiene que suceder pasará, somos insignificantes, no importamos en lo inmenso del mundo, todo lo que hacemos pensamos y sentimos ya fue calculado, realmente hay acciones que sean nuestras? sentimientos? vivencias? que es real y que no, que es lo correcto e incorrecto, te mete en personajes grises, con capas y complejos,es súper angst te hace sentir y vivirlo,es una belleza trágica, simplemente te llena de importancia al leerla y suele ser frustrante. ahora desde mi experiencia personal, si la recomiendo, lo que me hizo sentir realmente rara vez lo sentí con una novela, me recordó el por qué leía y es por como lo siento, personalmente creo que es triste y te mantiene así pero eso hace que los momentos felices sean tan felices, ahora no creo que sea una lectura para todos, no creo que sea del agrado de todos sin embargo para mí fue simplemente una muy buena experiencia, tuve altos y bajos y momentos en que realmente no quería terminarla por lo que posponía leerla,EL ROMANCE es brutal, es hermoso y trágico, sientes como se aman y la devoción que hay, entiendes el por qué se aman y es tan bello como triste, sinceramente el romance fue de mis cosas favoritas por qué ES importante en la trama.
EN CONCLUSIÓN leanla, vivanla, dense su tiempo con ella y créanme no se arrepentirán
Eu estou sem entender o que sinto em relação a essa história.
Que fique claro, não é mal escrita. Muito pelo contrário, acredito que existem poucas histórias que foram tão bem trabalhadas e detalhadas no desenvolvimento de todo um universo. Também achei um conceito original, especialmente a imagem e função dos deuses e seus seguidores, consequências dos usos dos poderes.
Geralmente eu sempre fico confusa com multiverso porque esse conceito todo de realidades paralelas sempre me confunde, então eu relevo a dificuldade de compreensão desse ponto.
Mas tenho que confessar, a escrita é exaustiva. Extremamente exaustiva. Estou acostumada com infodump mas essa história conseguiu superar tudo que eu já li. É muita informação, muito acontecimento, muitos arcos e muitas, mas muitas mesmo, trivias. São tantos deuses, nomes e funções que é impossível lembrar de tudo. Admiro o esforço da autora e a genialidade dela em conseguir desenvolver tudo isso sem perder o fio da meada, mas não foi para mim.
Gostei muito do CP e dos personagens e CPs secundários, apesar de todos terem sua parcela da angst. Ninguém tem um pingo de felicidade até o último capítulo.
Não houve extra, que é o que mais me chateou, já que o Lin Qi e o Chu Yang passaram quase 200 capítulos em puro sofrimento e desespero, então eu infelizmente tenho que criticar a autora nesse ponto. Não é um dogblood, mas acredito que eles (e os secundários) mereciam um extra sendo felizes.
Não gostei muito do final também porque a autora conseguiu enfiar um angst dolorido nas últimas páginas fazendo o Lin Qi achar que nunca encontraria o Chu Yang novamente e que a existência dele tinha sido completamente destruída do universo. Isso me deu um desespero absurdo porque não faltava nem 3 páginas para acabar a história e nada do Chu Yang.
Enfim, essa história não entra na categoria de bad ending por muito pouco, também não entra em open ending porque o Lin Qi e o Chu Yang se reencontram. Mas é um happy ending bem agridoce.
Vi que aparentemente essa história é prequel dos outros danmeis da autora, mas não sei se vou me arriscar lendo eles >agora<, porque HPL foi uma leitura que me drenou muito.
A nota é 4 estrelas porque, apesar de eu gostar muito do CP e dos personagens e admirar o desenvolvimento geral e a genialidade da autora, eu não consegui aproveitar totalmente a leitura, que foi muito exaustiva, por isso tirei uma estrela.
Quem sabe, no futuro próximo, eu lia Falling Into the Abyss e The Mechanics.
Bon, bon, bon. J'ai fini Haunted Places Live il y a quelques minutes et je suis encore en train de trembler, les larmes aux yeux. Par où commencer ? J'ai envie d'utiliser l'expression anglophone "wild ride" pour définir ce novel. C'est sûr, entre le début et la fin il y a un fossé énorme, j'ai même envie de dire que ce n'est plus du tout la même histoire (malgré le fait que les évènements s'enchainent de manière fluide et logique). Au début, ça s'apparente plus à de l'horreur très graphique (et par là je veux dire avec beaucoup de scènes sanguinolentes et des monstres hideux et déformés décrits de manière très vive et détaillée) avec néanmoins beaucoup de moments mignons et drôles avec notre charmant duo : Chu Yang et Lin Qi. Puis, le récit nous entraîne - nous et les personnages - dans une très longue et très douloureuse descente aux enfers. La santé mentale de Chu Yang se détériore très vite et Lin Qi peine à le maintenir la tête hors de l'eau en essayant lui-même de ne pas se noyer à sa suite. J'ai énormément aimé leur relation et ils seront à jamais pour moi les premiers personnages auxquels je penserai quand on me parlera de "soulmates" et de "star-crossed lovers". Ils m'ont fait rire, pleurer (beaucoup) et remettre beaucoup de choses en question. Leur amour est magnifique autant qu'il est tragique et je n'ai pas cessé d'avoir mal au cœur pour eux tout au long de l'histoire. Quant aux autres personnages, j'ai énormément aimé Bai Dian et Xiao Yiquan, Zhao Censhang, et bien sûr les Chu Yang et Lin Qi des autres réalités (surtout le Prophète). On sent qu'il y a eu énormément de recherches sur les thèmes que l'autrice à travaillés comme le concept de la mémoire, la santé mentale, le deuil et les traumatismes. J'ai beaucoup aimé la manière dont elle prenait le temps de les aborder avec toujours beaucoup de respect. La fin de l'histoire est tout droit sortie d'un récit d'apocalypse et j'ai beaucoup aimé le lore qui est très très très lovecraftien (que je ne connaissais que de nom mais dont je vais m'empresser d'aller jeter un coup d'oeil aux œuvres). La plume de l'autrice est très belle et la traduction est impeccable, merci à la team qui s'en est occupée. J'ai eu très peur d'une fin tragique (qui aurait été dans la lignée du niveau d'angst que l'autrice nous a servi tout au long de son récit) mais je l'ai trouvée très belle et un peu douce-amère (oui, j'ai pleuré pendant vingt bonnes minutes).
𝜗𝜚 ࣪˖ ִ𐙚 my heart is heavy, i never thought a book could break me into half, yes they affect my emotions they fluctuate them but ripping me apart, this book certainly did that. When I picked up this book based on the synopsis i never thought it'd be something more than a horror genre novel with a happy ending, but i what I read through has changed me.
Chu yang and Lin Qi's past, their present their mystery, at first both of their characters felt fickle to me one a depressed loner because of his past and another an internet celebrity who was arrogant and was obsessed with paranormal, but this novel ended up intertwining stories of god, fate, tragedy, losing, grief ,parallel realities, power , evil, greed..this novel was everything to me.
For the price people pay for kindness, for how world is not always a rosy place as we perceive, for how love brings the biggest grievance, the loss of a lover, the patience, the wait, the longing.
My heart grieved for lin qiao and chu yu, for every version of chu yang and Lin Qi, their love, their lose, their pain, their tragedy interwined with mine and somehow I felt I was witnessing it all.
special mentions: Chen Yi, Bai Dian, Xiao Yiquan, Chu Xian, Zhao Censhang every character will imprint on you.
Idk how people have not discovered this beautiful beautiful novel, but if you do. I'd love for you to know Chu Yang and Lin Qi and their story.🩷
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Esta tan hermosamente escrito, muestra la crueldad, muestra las dos caras de una moneda, muestra como puede existir un amor tan incondicional tan predestinado que supere los limites del mundo, es una novela que me ha hecho sentir tantas emociones, por momentos me volvió loca pero eso es lo que me hace amarla tanto, los detalles, como se describió el amor de lin qi y chu yang en mas de una realidad, como aun asi no se cerró a eso y hayan pasado tantas cosas entre ambos; amar desde la narrativa, me atrapó desde el primer momento, hasta los personajes secundarios, asi mismo como odiar a algunos, es tan crudo, tan hermoso, tan divino que siento mis emociones conectadas a todas las palabras escritas.
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Giving up after 1 week of reading and Chapter 139/193. This book was initially such a vibe and the translation was so good. It’s a Lovecraftian-inspired plot so really right up my alley but I’m so disappointed because it was such a drag towards the 60% onwards and I couldn’t even bring myself to skim to finish it because I got too bored. Like the dragginess was way too much. But you can’t skim too much because then you’ll lose the plot. I’ll give it up for now!
I absolutely adore the idea with the lovecraftian inspired plot but I haven’t finished it and like I know myself I’ll probably won’t. I don’t really vibe with the dynamic of the main couple but their characters are really like-able. However I just don’t completely vibe with this idk (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥`) I just hope that I’ll get back to this book because I’m pretty sure I’ll really like it (I’m at around ch.100)