Midnight Bookstore - Reviews

Original name: Late Night Book House

Status: Completed

Chapters: 1200+

Rank: 1st( while it was still going on)

Don’t let this gem slip past Trail read, lest you regret!

This one is really enjoyable,
the horror genre here is f*cking bull****, its supernatural.

not an ounce of horror could be found,

MC is reincarnated to his enemy body who actually the cause of his dead because of his jealousy toward him since his wife was loving him deeply.

anyway the story is really enjoyable you guys should read this, very recommended and if you want to compare this to house of horror.

both book has completely different style

As for the title of the book that said Midnight bookstore, after reading for 60 chapter i could only say, this title didnt do justice to this book!

Nice interesting story.

MC was a doctor before he died by being burned alive due many thought he was dead. So he was cremated (Alive)

Thus he goes to hell (Half-aware that he became an abnormal ghost with great strength) And then mysteriously came back to the world of living.

Before he disappeared he took a dead body over and gained a wife and was a son-in-law living with the wife's family.

Anyway, he owns a bookstore that after a while decided to only open at night? (Not sure)

Then somewhere in chapter 30 - 40 he encountered a hell-envoy. The hell envoy was probably tired of his job and thus entrusted (Albeit with a force) to the mc and the mc thus became an envoy of hell.

Translation quality: 5 star, nothing wrong with it.
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Stability of updates: 5 stars, can't say anything about it cuz trials.
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Story development: 4 stars, because of trials but it;s getting better.
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Character design: 5 stars, author did pay attention to the design and development even in the first 60 chapters (Although I read to ch 39)
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World background: 4 stars, there is somewhat revealed, but for now it's not enough for me to give 5 stars. (Within 39 chapters)

Raw title: 深夜书屋
Status: 1170 (Completed)
Qidian rating: 9/10
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This is a review of the first twenty chapters. This story is a well written supernatural tale of a man who comes back to life in someone else’s body. The lead, Zhou Ze, was a doctor who was cut by a supernatural being and then died. He wakes up in the underworld, is attacked, and then wakes up as a wandering soul in his old hometown.  Eventually, Zhou Ze is able to take over the murdered body of Xu Le.  Unlike Zhou Ze who was an orphan, Xu Le has a complicated relationship with his family. Xu Le had a cold relationship with his wife. The plot has been balanced between Zhou Ze adapting to being reborn as a nonhuman and his development of ties to Xu Le’s family.

The author wisely uses character count to keep both the description rich and the story moving. The story point of view mostly stays with the main character which leads to time lapses and confusion about what actually occurred during some supernatural events. Many supernatural events have not been fully explained by the twenty chapter.   Overall all this tale strongly represents mystery, supernatural, and slice of life genres with touches of romance and horror added. If you are looking for a clever fast paced story what will thrill you but not scare you please  consider this work.

I have to give this novel a 4.8. It's too good. Better than My House of Horrors. I'd give it a solid 5 if only the word count was longer. Highly recommended. It's basically A Serenade for the Innocent in Chinese form with way more detail. Its incredibly impressive and went further and exceeded beyond the limits of my expectations. Very similar to Here Lies the Wicked with more of an Chinese feel. Normally, I wouldn't think that possible. I'd like to say good job for the author in making this miracuclous work and thank you to the translators and editors for putting time and effort into changing it into English with a spinechilling story and effects.

Dunno why people like it so much.
Hoped for something like House of Horrors but no. Bleh.

Translation is readable but subpar.

The plot’s confusing. Badly flowing. Jumpy as heck.

The protag is an ass. There was something about him being a doctor but it’s completely irrelevant after his rebirth.

The author is not accepting of girls or lgbt.
Girls are sexualized non-characters and I would’ve tolerated it but ITS MENTIONED SO OFTEN.

Additionally a major part of his new identity  is a son-in-law being taken care of his wife’s family. They both hate each other, but I think it’s fair on the family’s part due to the nature of the marriage, what they did for him, and how he treats them back.
TF is the marriage anyway??? Screw the subpar trashy f-ed romance.
I can’t fu**ing get those parts of Chinese culture.

If you are a fan of Dreadful Radio Game, My House of Horrors, Plague Doctor, and Thriller Paradise, then you will like this novel.
So far so good, I really hope this get picked up.

The story itself is pretty nice but the translation after the first 60 chapters is absolutely atrocious. Sentences that don't make any sense together with wrong his/her etc everywhere.

The quality of translation of this dropped far too much the new group EndlessFantasy Translation ruined this novel and I can't recommend this story to anyone anymore.

I love it! The plot is quick paced and full of tw6and turns. And just when you think you have it, a shock comes out of nowhere. All I am going to say to peak your interest is that the MC does in the first chapter.

Interesting premise and start, but becomes unreadable past chapter 60 (MTL-level). Also, a very lackluster romance and a great deal of "coincidences" (plotarmor) made the story far less enjoyable as it continued.