This is by far my favorite priest work I’ve read. It’s world building is great and it’s story themes are great. The whole man vs technology conflict is well done, giving the audience the consequences of advancement and the beauty of science. Along with other viewpoints of movements and religion/cult-like movements paralleling to the real-world and how militarism is beneficial to technology (although I wished there were more nuances around military power). It delves into human evolution as a counterpart to technological advancement, as if we veer towards one spectrum,... more>> it is doomed to fail humanity. This is and understated summary hahaha.

The characters are well-rounded and I love them. LULIN JEJFKWJF the way their relationship develops is healthy, realistic, and yet it’s never going to happen to people. They. Actually. Communicate.... most of the time.

anyways on a final note, I love turan and monoeyed hawk (best dad). And the antagonists are given a clear starting amd endpoint. Honestly cannot fully describe the novel in full justice. <<less

It reli depends whether scifi your cuppa. It took me more than a year I think to complete this but I never have intention to drop; I just read slow when there are a lot to digest lol And for this masterpiece trust me you wont want to get out once you are in, you will plough along till the end. It was definitely a heavy read in terms of plots and all the timelines. Sometimes information just get lost in the plot. I even ended up crying for AI... more>> Zhanlu lol.

In terms of character developments you get to slowly unravel the MC and ML and see how they become each other pillars - you either get it or you dont/wont. There were some food of thoughts on the issues raised in the plots; I find myself asking what I would do/choose. I think maybe thats why it’s a lot for me to take when reading this and ended up taking too long like in a way I dont want to face them but I also want to know what MC and ML do.. Ok if you do read please enjoy the ride of this masterpiece haha <<less

Everything is amazing. This is plot heavy novel so you really need to focus. I also love the MC and ML relationship. It's all worth the time spend reading this masterpiece from Priest.

Ok so after watching the adaptation, I badly wanna read the novel coz I can’t get enough of the story but heck, I can’t understand the flow of the story 😭 istg futuristic novels are very complicated but I would still give this a 5 stars coz the adaptation is so so good, and so is the novel I supposed

but one thing my mind can’t accept and won’t sink into me is that Mr. Lu was the top accdng to some who has already read this like hell his character... more>> matches to those seme to any novel so I thought he would be under Mr Lin 🤦🏻 <<less

I can see now why all users praise this novel so high.

Honestly, at the novel summary is not that interesting. But when I started to read,..... WOW!! It is really very good. I can say this is one of best novel that I have read, regardless of the BL genre. The futuristic setting is very good and reading this makes me crave AI technology, hahahaha. Who does not want a cute AI like Zhan Lu following you around?!

Highly recommended!

This is that type of "A novel I would definitely recommend everyone to read without hesitation".

I can't even find the perfect word to describe this masterpiece. This is just so breathtakingly wonderful in every aspect!

TBH, this is my first Sci-Fi themed read in danmei. I expected the settings to be super confusing (Well, one can never 'lower the guards' for Priest's works, right?), but the settings itself are not that much of a 'hard to follow' stuff here. (At least, it was completely comprehensible for me :B)

The intricacies lie... more>> mainly in the plot unfolding and character developments. This is one of those stories that is so realistically portrayed that it will make you experience much more than "emotions".

Ah, yes, Priest's usual - prepare for heavy plots accompanied by subtle romance. But frankly, I love the way how Priest could show "a love so strong" between ML and MC in such a delicate style of writing. This novel has one of the healthiest romantic relationships, and also, one of the best dads ever in the danmei world. I truly appreciate it, because it's really rare to see a major danmei character getting good parental care and familial love.

And also, while this story is guaranteed to have a truly happy and satisfying ending, you'd better be prepared; there's a very high chance that and your heart (and almost certainly, your brain, too) will be struggling in different ways, in varying degrees. Let me remind you again, THIS IS PRIEST'S WORK, and if you had read her other works before, I suppose you may know what to expect.

Spoiler

Yes, first of all, as you might have probably guessed, the shocking final result of who's the top and who's the bottom. What's more shocking in CCP is, it's the bottom himself who decided that he will be the bottom, and assigned the other one as top.

Next, character deaths. And with great levels of tragedy. Priest is just too good at ruthlessly killing off "the side characters you have gradually felt attached to".

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For those who are concerned about the relationship journey of MC and ML: there will be some bittersweet times

Spoiler

16 years of separation, and the ML didn't even know whether the MC was dead or alive, but he just kept on waiting, and the MC tried his best to stay alive because he had promised his love that he will come back... T_T

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but yeah, they will have a very beautiful and sweet ending.

Well, in short, Can Ci Pin by Priest is a masterpiece. Period. <<less

A bit short is the only negative comment I can give. Tbh although the two mc’s life were inherently hard due to them being the leads, I still thought that it was reasonable. The background stories and the ML’s parents’ love affair is what really tore my heart out. With everything that’s going on, how fast-paced everything is, i’m really quite surprised that the author didn’t milk that part. I guess that what truly separates the plot oriented authors to romance oriented authors.

The characters, world-building, plot and literary is praise... more>> worthy. Truly an exceptional work. 10/5 really. <<less

The first time ever that I wrote a review for a novel. I've read countless novels but only this one book that truly encourages me to write one.

To be very honest, this novel is really amazing. Everything felt so real, the loss, the emotions, it's just really amazing that I can't even describe it clearly with words. Please read cancipin everyone it's worth every time spent and every tear shed. PS: I shed a whole lotta tears while reading this.

The summary did not lie, I wished that I had paid more attention to it.

This book is great I advise you to read it if you are hesitating you will not regret it. Once I started to read this book I really couldn't put it down I wanted to stop reading it twice but the plot had me scrolling to see what's next. I absolutely love the characters and the romance is just right and the best part is consent people consent. The relationship between the MC and ML is... more>> quite healthy in my opinion. Even if romance isn't your thing good news the romance isn't the main focus but more of a subplot.

Last but not least the MC and ML have good heads on their shoulder enough to make great decisions.

What are you still waiting on go read the book. <<less