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黑月光拿稳BE剧本

by 藤萝为枝

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E.L. Winter said: " Edit: jokes on me because I am here once again because of the live action adaption Til the End of the Moon. Still not loving the writing style but I find Tantai Jin and Li Susu interesting enough to keep going
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I checked this out because of the up Edit: jokes on me because I am here once again because of the live action adaption Til the End of the Moon. Still not loving the writing style but I find Tantai Jin and Li Susu interesting enough to keep going
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I checked this out because of the upcoming live-action, Until the End of the Moon, and because I tend to really like transmitigation stories. I'd also heard it compared favorably to 2ha. The general gist of the story is that a young woman transmitigates into the past to kill the tyrannical demon ruler of the present while he's a seemingly helpless young man; angst ensues.

Unfortunately, this one was a DNF for me. I felt like I was reading a draft and that the author was just tagging ideas on as they were thought up, rather than incorporating them (I was very aware that I was reading a serialized web novel). For example: early on, we're told that Li Susu has to kill Tantai Jin, that's the whole reason she's there in the past. Fairly quickly, she's presented with an opportunity to let Tantai Jin die in a very convenient and hands-off way. But then it's almost like author realized that if Li Susu just did that- the whole thing we'd been told she was there to do- the novel would be over before it starts. So it's dropped that- oh wait, no- Li Susu has to wait to kill him until later, because if she kills him at this point in his life he'll awaken his powers or something. The way it was presented it really just felt like the author realized in that moment and came up with some thing to tack on, rather than going back and coming up with a reason why she can't kill him at that moment from the beginning (like maybe there was a mix up and she transmitigated too early in his life and oh great, now she has to keep him alive long enough to kill him, while not getting emotionally attached)

There was also a lot of time spent describing things that didn't need to be described, while other things that needed more explanation or description were left alone. I also felt like Li Susu's actions and reasoning didn't entirely make sense, and her personality seemed to change depending on what fit the plot better at that moment.

Now that I've said all of that, it's entirely possible I'm being too harsh. I would have kept going if there weren't other novels I was more invested in. I'll likely go back and give this one another try later when I'm in the mood for a dog blood melodrama, so it's staying on my phone for now. (Still looking forward to the drama though) ...more "

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"Giving this another try because I am obsessed with Til the End of the Moon" — May 25, 2023 11:18AM

May 25, 2023 11:07AM · see review

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