I love it honestly ❤️
Waiting for book 2
captivating
I like itgggggggggggggg
omg!! this is super wonderful.....i really love it
So I read by scanning. The dialogue is good. Idk how to rate the story. But it was good. I was amazed.
Just stopped at 8th chaps. I will think more to get the story better. Overall, almost 10.
This kid. This four-year-old. 'Go away! Don't come near my mom! If you bully her, I'll call the police and have you executed!' EXECUTED. A FOUR-YEAR-OLD threatened to have this military commander EXECUTED and I lost it. The author's dialogue for this character is absolutely perfect—short, sharp, and full of righteous toddler energy. And Zhao Yunsheng's response of 'Pei Hechuan, do you have to? Arguing with a four-year-old?' while internally panicking because her son just called this man a villain? Comedy gold. But the dialogue between the adults is just as good. Pei Hechuan's line 'Just a few bottles of wine? You think that's enough to appease me?' had this perfect mix of threat and flirtation. And Zhao Yunsheng's comeback of 'Then Commander, how do you want me to thank you?' with her chin lifted—she's not backing down at all. Even the minor characters have distinct voices. Liu Ping going from aggressive accuser to groveling apology in three seconds ('Yunsheng, I'm sorry. It was all me babbling nonsense') was hilarious and totally believable for a sycophant. Wu Qiao twirling her hair and sneaking glances at Pei Hechuan—every gesture in the dialogue felt natural and revealing.
OMG this book is so good! Totally different from any other book on here. Well written and great plot! Can't wait for more!
Story changes at chapter 11 and is not the same characters or plot.
Can’t wait to see how it ends, so good
3 Stars
I must say, the story isn't as comforting and chill as I was expecting. Honestly, this feels like a more snapshot-esque, far shorter, lower-intensity version of "Back to the Sixties, Get Wealthy, Raise Cubs." The characters are less vibrant and have less personality than those in the other story. There is less detail in everything as well. Kinda meh about it overall, but I was at least engaged enough to read until the end.
In the first part, the bad guys are super annoying! Since the bad guy is the sister-in-law, and they live in close quarters, they have a lot of page time :(. The MC is a tolerant and side-stepping kind of person, so there isn't any face-slapping from her. The face-slapping isn't satisfying because the bad guys don't learn or understand it. After the initial fear and alarm of the face-slapping, they very quickly become more entitled. Like punching cotton. Sigh, the suffocating tight feeling of annoyance is present throughout most of the story because the face-slapping is not thorough enough to clear the air. When the final, more satisfying face-slapping happened, it took a few chapters to complete. And there were some time skips before it was done. Sigh, why so many time skips willy-nilly.
Writing/Translation
The translation I read is from Shanghai Fantasy. Very enthusiastic but the translation is still kinda eh. Better than machine translation, but not good. There are quite a few sentences where I don't know who's who or their feelings towards anyone; I just don't understand. I can somewhat decipher the sentences but don't wish to use my brain so much. Until the end, not sure if it's a translation issue or just the writing, but I still don't understand some paragraphs. It also has a lot of pronoun errors. And random repeated paragraphs. And sometimes, there are two paragraphs of the same meaning but explained slightly differently, not sure if the translator forgot to delete the other one. And missing double quotes for dialogue sometimes. So, sometimes I don't know if the sentence is someone thinking or if it's dialogue.
As for the writing, the style is not quite in the head of the MC every single chapter. I feel like this story is written in such a way that it is just depicting the lives of people in that time period that just happen to be the MC and her family. It doesn't follow them 100% of their lives but picks important events to show. So you don't feel as close to the MC as in "Back to the Sixties, Get Wealthy, Raise Cubs." Especially in the latter parts of the story. Personally, I don't like the author's style of introducing a bold idea for someone to make money, doing some setup/decision-making for the business, then writing a few paragraphs of what happened regarding the business years in the future, which is basically, became a tycoon and made millions of money, then coming back to the present time to resume the business idea. I feel like the flow is interrupted all the time.
Pacing
The beginning is surprisingly quite slow. It took 16 chapters for the couple to meet and agree to be married. They finally get married in chapter 25+. Lol. The pacing is a little weird because we don't follow every single day-to-day life of the MC, but the main events we go into detail, then skip some months or half a year or almost a few years before we go into detail about the next big event. Sometimes, I feel that the event is too long lol. Like the weddings. Also, in the same chapter without any section dividers, we can go from one scene to suddenly years in the future without realizing it. The time skip is not clear. I feel like the story is a journal instead of an in-depth story.
Plot
I feel the ending of the story focused way too much on the side characters. Especially for the youngest sister-in-law's wedding. The POV wasn't the MC anymore but the side characters. I like them fine but am not that interested in their wedding details or the romance they had.
Themes/What Story Tried to Achieve
I thought there would be more business ideas, but that honestly isn't the major part of the story. The business details are there with planning, projections, profit, and stuff, but we don't go into the day-to-day or the nitty-gritty of it all, which is sad. At the end, lots of the relatives were given ideas to make money. The execution of the business idea felt too unrealistically smooth. There were no true objections by the old-fashioned relatives. I would have thought that there would have been more pushback or some diversity in how they reacted. It was too much wish fulfillment at the end. Especially like the eldest sister and her husband. Their characters until the end are too rural and too easily bullied to handle something like a high-end luxury hotel. The business and the people are too clashing.
For the romance, unfortunately, in bed, the MC is that shy blushing wife that the husband will go crazy in bed for. When she says anything discouraging in bed, the husband gets even more excited about doing it. So the next day, everything aches, and the MC angrily beats him. But the husband just grins and takes it as a joke and congratulates himself by saying overindulgence is also good *rolls eyes hard*. Other than that, the ML is pretty good as a husband. I actually like his personality here more than the ML in "Back to the Sixties, Get Wealthy, Raise Cubs" because over there, the male ego and daughter adoration are worse lol.
My Created Lists (I include my rating and review in the list itself XD)
- All Novels I've Read Sorted By Rating - Where I ranked every single novel I read on NovelUpdates.
- Economic Reform! 50's-90's
- Heartwarming or Feel Good or Wholesome Stories I Liked - As stated haha
I've read up to chapter C66, so I have sufficient content to provide a brief review. The novel has a rapid pace, which I personally don't find problematic; in fact, it enhances the narrative, as the protagonist adapts to his new role as a dynamically evolving monster.
The main character starts as a typical gaming enthusiast, particularly fond of science fiction and alien themes. He ends up in the game he loves most after agreeing to participate in the beta test for its sequel. Surprisingly, he's reborn as his favorite alien species, the AMORPH – a creature known for excelling in the mid-to-late stages of gaming, similar to League of Legends, where they gain strength by consuming other beings with genetic material.
This transformation is fascinating, as the reader witnesses the MC's growth and the excitement of discovering his potential. The alien's strategic hunting abilities and intelligence make for engaging storytelling, as he relies on wit rather than brute force. As a first-time reviewer, I'm aware there might be room for improvement, but overall, it's an enjoyable read.