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Genius Detective
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Rating(3.7 / 5.0, 92 votes)
5 | 43% (40 votes) |
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3 | 10% (9 votes) |
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56 Volumes / 984 Chapters (Completed)
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Weekly Rank: #7122Monthly Rank: #3802
All Time Rank: #2529
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On 1638 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #11713
All Time Rank: #5225
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.We follow the story of Song Lang, a genius in the police field, who due to unfortunate circumstances caused by his mortal enemy, now assumes the identity of a driver named Chen Shi. Although he had wanted to live out his days as an ordinary citizen, fate has other plans in store him. Finding himself in the position of prime suspect to a case, he assists a police officer to uncover the truth. Follow the adventures of Chen Shi as he is plunged back into the world of bizarre homicide investigations. Will he be fated to meet his enemy once again?
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One entry per line追凶神探
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Some flaws but not as bad as other CN detective novels "Crazy Detective", "Super Detective in the Fictional World", since you have an MC that actually uses his brains. But the looonnnng episodic nature of the series with little main development plot is quite annoying and somewhat illogical.
Barely 4 stars, objectively 3.5 at best. SUMMARY
A genius police officer is framed for a crime, and goes undercover as a taxi driver. He is given an opportunity to interact with the police force once again as a citizen consultant, and slowly starts to unravel his past while investigating ongoing crimes. COMMENTS
(1) Key word is SLOWLY
So... 180 chapters in, over 12 different criminal cases that MC investigated, and not a peep about his past or how he was forced underground into hiding. And at this point MC is a regular consultant for the police, even blatantly hanging out with people that used to know him with only friend who suspected him. I was expecting a grand reveal, but it only turns up post Chapter 250 and it's really quite lame.
Turns out MC was "sad" and "not thinking straight" after he escaped from being framed for the mu*der of his mentor and fiancee. He goes underground... without thinking of seeking revenge, just wanted to live a normal life. HUH???? So the genius upright detective just took the coward's way out? Seriously??? And it's only when he had the opportunity to be a citizen consultant that he decided to resume the investigation of his framing?? Shouldn't the normal plot be that he was continually investigating the criminal gang Zhou Xiao who framed him (it's basically "We are Negan" from Walking Dead) ?
MC randomly picked a face to do cosmetic surgery without thinking about it. Yup it's a permanent ugly change from his prev good looks, not a mask he's wearing. Then the criminal whose face he copied was still alive and coincidentally met the MC. Which is the dumbest way for plot progression. MC panics and starts acting really lamely to resolve the situation, while coincidentally solving a crime along the way.
As per @pldl, it's a police procedural drama. Unfortunately, it's not really a whodunnit type style, and there's very little evidence for readers to guess-ahead. The pace is really fast, and major evidence is constantly being discovered due to MC's genius foresight because he already "knew" who the criminal is right from the beginning. So a typical case would go like this... very static and doesn't invite readers to participate:
- mu*der happens
- Suspect A/B/C/D/E are equally likely to be it
- MC already knows who it is, and it's often for unusual motives that only MC can come up with (no idea how/why since we aren't given enough evidence)
- MC investigates almost entirely from his initial hypothesis, and then discovers a torrent of evidence along the way.
- Author throws a few red-herrings along the way, but the entire plot is already set in stone. (3) Characters
MC is decent with a pragmatic viewpoint, not a boy-scout. He's a strict enforcer of major tenets of the law, but ignores petty legalities like
- keeping left-over food or consummables from victims/perps since it'd spoil anyway.
- bribing/coercing/entrapment witnesses or criminals, which tends to be a big no-no in western/democratic countries
The female lead is a major disappointment. Besides being beautiful with a strong sense of justice, she only gains tiny amounts of wisdom and experience, but doesn't otherwise level up her capabilities in solving crimes. i.e. just a wallflower. There's some saving grace with two interesting characters, but that's it:
(1) the little girl MC semi-adopted that's really intelligent and just as chaotic as MC in resolving her own issues
(2) the worldly elderly entrepreneur that commits various minor white collar crimes, has a failed family life, but reaches an interesting, messed up friendship with MC
Why the hell 'He' became a captain? Seriously?! I believe the subordinate more competent than him! He is just an egoistic leader. Why that kind of person can become a captain?