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A review by inmydreams
你却爱着一个傻逼 by 水千丞
3.0
Non official english title: In Love with an Idiot. Length: 134 chapters + extras. Official manhua title: My Beloved Fool
This is a 3.5 stars. Not a bad one, but it isn't leaving an impact on me, perhaps because for Shui Qian Cheng level of craziness, this one is on the tamer side. I wouldn't say that the ones with more insane plots are better, but I didn't enjoy this as much as the rest of her works.
The plot is about Jian Suiying, he is playboy in his 20s who changes his male lovers casually, the older brother in his family and is in charge of most of the shares of the family's company. He meets his half brother's best friend and becomes infactuated with him. This isn't the kind of crush that would have the reader rooting for him, instead we discover MC isn't a good person, because he is a creep. Li Yu is younger than him, and rejects his advances many times. Things go downhill the more push and pull there is between both, since both are forces that clash and cannot get along.
When I first started it, the MC made me feel very uncomfortable, mainly because of his actions towards Li Yu. I knew Li Yu wouldn't turn out to be better, but it was still a struggle to go through the first third of the story. But that's what he is, a player and someone who will never give up, annoying and arrogant. Li Yu is not that different, he also doesn't give up on what he wants, and Jian Suiying learns this the hard way.
I honestly cared little about the romance. I wasn't rooting for them to be together (as usual in a SQC crematorium novel, at least for me), I only wanted both to take separate paths. The difference is that here I hated both at different stages, the first half I was on Li Yu's side, the second one I felt sympathy for Jian Suiying, which says a lot about SQC's writting. I don't think this is a bad novel, but it just isn't for me, the dynamic wasn't to my taste and it didn't keep me going.
Instead, what I liked the most and I think deserves the most praise is the family drama. SQC is a genious at pulling heartstrings and portray bits of China's society in her novels. I felt so much rage at the treatment MC got from his family, to the point I wanted him to just go away from everyone, even after he committed mistakes. I enjoyed MC's character development the most as well.
About the grovelling/chasing crematorium element, I think it was alright, although Li Yu really pissed me off many times. I like it when a ML. I don't doubt Li Yu had the purest intentions in the final act, as Jian Suiying himself . As I said on my last update, at least he waks him like a dog lol.
I wish SQC had explored more about the effects of many awful events on JSY's mind. I kind of got what she hinted at and his reactions, but I would've loved if she explored it more as she did in the rest of her works. I guess it's more difficult to show here due to JSY's personality since he isn't someone that breakdowns usually, and instead reacts with anger, which is interesting but I wish this was given more light.
Anyway, those are the thoughts I got about it right now. Not bad a one, it's just that it missed some points that I believe could've been explored more and affected my overall enjoyment, plus I wasn't invested on anything about the couple's development, not even as entertaiment.
This is a 3.5 stars. Not a bad one, but it isn't leaving an impact on me, perhaps because for Shui Qian Cheng level of craziness, this one is on the tamer side. I wouldn't say that the ones with more insane plots are better, but I didn't enjoy this as much as the rest of her works.
The plot is about Jian Suiying, he is playboy in his 20s who changes his male lovers casually, the older brother in his family and is in charge of most of the shares of the family's company. He meets his half brother's best friend and becomes infactuated with him. This isn't the kind of crush that would have the reader rooting for him, instead we discover MC isn't a good person, because he is a creep. Li Yu is younger than him, and rejects his advances many times. Things go downhill the more push and pull there is between both, since both are forces that clash and cannot get along.
When I first started it, the MC made me feel very uncomfortable, mainly because of his actions towards Li Yu. I knew Li Yu wouldn't turn out to be better, but it was still a struggle to go through the first third of the story. But that's what he is, a player and someone who will never give up, annoying and arrogant. Li Yu is not that different, he also doesn't give up on what he wants, and Jian Suiying learns this the hard way.
I honestly cared little about the romance. I wasn't rooting for them to be together (as usual in a SQC crematorium novel, at least for me), I only wanted both to take separate paths. The difference is that here I hated both at different stages, the first half I was on Li Yu's side, the second one I felt sympathy for Jian Suiying, which says a lot about SQC's writting. I don't think this is a bad novel, but it just isn't for me, the dynamic wasn't to my taste and it didn't keep me going.
Instead, what I liked the most and I think deserves the most praise is the family drama. SQC is a genious at pulling heartstrings and portray bits of China's society in her novels. I felt so much rage at the treatment MC got from his family, to the point I wanted him to just go away from everyone, even after he committed mistakes. I enjoyed MC's character development the most as well.
About the grovelling/chasing crematorium element, I think it was alright, although Li Yu really pissed me off many times. I like it when a ML
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knows when it's over and leaves MC be, lets him breathe for some time instead of harassing him over and overSpoiler
thought it was all manipulated, but at the end I kind of got why he decided to fall in it againI wish SQC had explored more about the effects of many awful events on JSY's mind. I kind of got what she hinted at and his reactions, but I would've loved if she explored it more as she did in the rest of her works. I guess it's more difficult to show here due to JSY's personality since he isn't someone that breakdowns usually, and instead reacts with anger, which is interesting but I wish this was given more light.
Anyway, those are the thoughts I got about it right now. Not bad a one, it's just that it missed some points that I believe could've been explored more and affected my overall enjoyment, plus I wasn't invested on anything about the couple's development, not even as entertaiment.