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Before I go on to the review, I'll do a little advertisement for the danmei reading club I read this with! We're about to take a brief hiatus (both as a break and to let people catch up and finish) and choose our next book! The options now look like They All Say I've Met a Ghost (他们都说我遇到了未知生物), Lord Seventh (七爷), and Golden Stage (黄金台), all of which are completely translated! and ranging from 40-79 chapters. So if you've been intending to try a new reading club, do ping me to join!
Unfortunately, ISMM does not have a complete translation at this time. There is a translation up to chapter 40; the whole novel is 47 chapters + an extra, so it's quite short. Last month there were also some rumors that it might get an official translation? And of course MTL is an option.
The premise: Wei Yanzi is an actor blessed with good looks, but is terrible at acting. Under the same company and having debuted at the same time, Gu Yiliang, blessed with both good looks and good acting ability, is considered by the general public to be his adversary! WYZ, frustrated with the trash talk on the internet, stumbles across this intriguing NiangziArmy. These shippers are spreading love on the internet! Only now WYZ and GYL are set to film in the same series...
It's basically fluffy modern romcom, with a relatively small cast of characters. There were lots of laugh out loud moments, but also a few scenes where I was cringing with second hand embarrassment (only one I gave in and had to have the computer read it to me so I could get over it faster haha). I'd say the secondary characters are a bit lacking-- they're certainly fun, but they only exist in the periphery. There is enough fandom bits to add some flavor, but it wasn't overwhelming (to me, anyway). The plot is serviceable, with enough twists to be interesting, but it's still a short romance novel, you're not going to get a deep plot.
I'd say it was a good pick for an easy cnovel to start with, since vocabulary and grammar are relatively simple; there were a LOT of music and drama references, which I'm grateful that halfcactus caught and posted in the server haha. There's also an audiodrama and manhua; I'm excited to listen to the audiodrama now! It goes in a slightly different order so I didn't want to get confused as I was reading.
Unfortunately, ISMM does not have a complete translation at this time. There is a translation up to chapter 40; the whole novel is 47 chapters + an extra, so it's quite short. Last month there were also some rumors that it might get an official translation? And of course MTL is an option.
The premise: Wei Yanzi is an actor blessed with good looks, but is terrible at acting. Under the same company and having debuted at the same time, Gu Yiliang, blessed with both good looks and good acting ability, is considered by the general public to be his adversary! WYZ, frustrated with the trash talk on the internet, stumbles across this intriguing NiangziArmy. These shippers are spreading love on the internet! Only now WYZ and GYL are set to film in the same series...
It's basically fluffy modern romcom, with a relatively small cast of characters. There were lots of laugh out loud moments, but also a few scenes where I was cringing with second hand embarrassment (only one I gave in and had to have the computer read it to me so I could get over it faster haha). I'd say the secondary characters are a bit lacking-- they're certainly fun, but they only exist in the periphery. There is enough fandom bits to add some flavor, but it wasn't overwhelming (to me, anyway). The plot is serviceable, with enough twists to be interesting, but it's still a short romance novel, you're not going to get a deep plot.
I'd say it was a good pick for an easy cnovel to start with, since vocabulary and grammar are relatively simple; there were a LOT of music and drama references, which I'm grateful that halfcactus caught and posted in the server haha. There's also an audiodrama and manhua; I'm excited to listen to the audiodrama now! It goes in a slightly different order so I didn't want to get confused as I was reading.
