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我的曼达林
Chu Jian and Jian Bianlin are childhood friends and grew up together almost from when they were old enough to remember. Since long ago, Jian Bianlin has loved Chu Jian, and that has not changed even now that he is a highly popular idol singer and actor. To Chu Jian, though, Jian Bianlin is just Jian Bianlin—her good, good friend, like family, but nothing more. She knows about his feelings for her and feels guilty (for various reasons) about not returning those feelings. This has put a strain on their relationship over the years. Eventually, her heart softens and she gives in, promising to be his girlfriend, to give him an opportunity as well as herself a chance to open up her heart to him. And so begins our male lead’s journey of winning over the heart of the girl he has always held in his own.
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墨宝非宝
24 books78 followersAssociated Names:
* Mo Bao Fei Bao
* 墨宝非宝 (Original Language)
* โม่เป่าเฟยเป่า (Thai)
* Mo Bao Fei Bao
* 墨宝非宝 (Original Language)
* โม่เป่าเฟยเป่า (Thai)
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June 2, 2020
After a long list of emotional stories of MBFB I have been reading since the past month, I thought of taking a break and going to slightly light novel. As usual I picked a book by my favorite author currently Mo Bao Fei Bao. As I have been prattling on and on about how she is a great author I would not continue to do so here and dive into the story.
As I have mentioned earlier, the plot of this book is slightly simpler than the previous of hers and run the same circle as Stewed Squid with Honey and can easily be seen as a drama too. This only consists of the childhood friends scope that the author had not used before. All though it all seems to be cliches points as always MBFB manages to make it much more than that. Another aspect that I have noticed in her stories are that the male protagonist always has a male friend/colleague who is almost like his wing-man and constantly brings the comedic aspect of the story too. Here we have Xie Bin, our agent of Bianlin.
At first I was not sure of how I felt the story was progressing. Chu Jian did not seem to like BianLin at all and it almost felt as if he was backing her to a corner. Until the point where he did not accept their relationship (non romantic at that point) and she was hurt by it, I was constantly finding BianLin a bit too forceful. Later on w can see that their feelings are in fact mutual and the sweet epilogue manages to tie up the story so sweetly.
Although this can easily fall under the typical Chinese romance novels, the writing and maybe my preference to the author makes it personally different to me.
In conclusion this was a very sweet change from the usual MFBF novels which I've read and a nice dip in the valley of fluff.
As I have mentioned earlier, the plot of this book is slightly simpler than the previous of hers and run the same circle as Stewed Squid with Honey and can easily be seen as a drama too. This only consists of the childhood friends scope that the author had not used before. All though it all seems to be cliches points as always MBFB manages to make it much more than that. Another aspect that I have noticed in her stories are that the male protagonist always has a male friend/colleague who is almost like his wing-man and constantly brings the comedic aspect of the story too. Here we have Xie Bin, our agent of Bianlin.
At first I was not sure of how I felt the story was progressing. Chu Jian did not seem to like BianLin at all and it almost felt as if he was backing her to a corner. Until the point where he did not accept their relationship (non romantic at that point) and she was hurt by it, I was constantly finding BianLin a bit too forceful. Later on w can see that their feelings are in fact mutual and the sweet epilogue manages to tie up the story so sweetly.
Although this can easily fall under the typical Chinese romance novels, the writing and maybe my preference to the author makes it personally different to me.
In conclusion this was a very sweet change from the usual MFBF novels which I've read and a nice dip in the valley of fluff.
October 21, 2019
Cute! Cute! Cute! Cute!!!
December 31, 2021
I am not sure how I feel about this one...
The second half was cute and I liked being in Chu Jian's head as she became aware of her feelings for JBL. However, I never really warmed to him because he was so emotionally manipulative in the first half. It helped that they were both aware of it but he used her -completely unwarranted- guilt to keep her in his life.
If this ever becomes a drama I know MBFB will be forced to add nonsense so I might skip it. If they cast Song Weilong as JBL I might not. 😂
The second half was cute and I liked being in Chu Jian's head as she became aware of her feelings for JBL. However, I never really warmed to him because he was so emotionally manipulative in the first half. It helped that they were both aware of it but he used her -completely unwarranted- guilt to keep her in his life.
If this ever becomes a drama I know MBFB will be forced to add nonsense so I might skip it. If they cast Song Weilong as JBL I might not. 😂
October 2, 2018
The epilogue chapter is soooo cute! Melt my heart ahhhhh
October 2, 2019
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October 3, 2020
A very sweet story.
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January 17, 2024My Darling 我的曼达林 by Mo Bao Fei Bao (HE)
May 10, 2023
3.5
This was a re-read. Tbh, I don't know what's about this book that makes me re-read it from time to time. There's some problems with it and I don't agree with some of Jian Bianlin's actions but I guess I'm just a sucker for romance where the male lead is utterly, hopelessly in love with the female lead.
This was a re-read. Tbh, I don't know what's about this book that makes me re-read it from time to time. There's some problems with it and I don't agree with some of Jian Bianlin's actions but I guess I'm just a sucker for romance where the male lead is utterly, hopelessly in love with the female lead.
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