the "villain school" setting of the novel offers many opportunities for fleshing out the myriad of "villainous" character profiles (e.g., their different personalities, motivations for being a villain, backstories etc.). unfortunately, the novel dodges that. at the end of the novel, the author tries to explain why it never expounded on that

the key problem is that, for something to be considered a (successful) plot-twist, the following is required: the book has to sell you a premise through its storytelling. the reader must have adequate belief in it. only then, can you overturn a belief and call it a plot-twist. what this means is that despite the fancy conclusion of the novel, the beginning of the text must deliver on the premise. in the context of this novel, convince me that this is a villain school, convince me that the characters (not just the cannon fodders) are villainous! for this, I am mainly referring to the supporting cast

the worst (& related) flaw of the novel is its severe lack of characterisation and character development. the supporting characters are lacking in personality and individual thought. people in the real world have thoughts and feelings, they have motivations and fears.

lastly, I came here via the "unlimited flow" tag. if you came here because of that, I can assure you that you are not missing out on the gems of the unlimited flow genre if you skipped this novel. the main allure of unlimited flow novels is its plot, ingenuity and control over the tone of the text (i.e., tension, apprehension, fear). if you are looking for those qualities, go next.

so much missed opportunity here. xiaopu is the most interesting character in this novel to me. MC betrayed him and led to the death of himself and his kind. hey, this is a setting that in other novels, will lead him to be a blackened mega boss who seeks revenge. but! he doesn't. then as xiao zang, he decides to follow and protect MC (despite the happenings of the previous world) and gift her right at the end. wished we could have gotten an extra from his pov on why he forgives MC and an exploration of the complexity of emotions he has towards MC

she is actually an undercover agent who had her memories wiped and her mission is to take down the principle and release everyone from the villain school. Each escape/exam room is different and honestly are some of the most unique settings I have ever read. A lot of quick trans novels will have you typical imperial harem setting or zombie apocalypse and business world setting, but in this novel the only familiar setting was the zombie apocalypse one. Novel exam rooms includes giant mutant cat rulers and humans are considered the pets, or on a cruise with mu*derous ghost and sea giants, a a giant hair ball monster terrorising society that it causes everyone to go bald.

1) Seemingly ordinary world with a snow woman villain 2) World split between mermaids, humans and robots 3) Zombie world 4) Xianxia world 5) World where giant mutated cats are the supreme ruler 5) Modern world with ghosts 6) Modern world with a serial killer and a demon attacking those who aren't bald at night (lol I can't even make this up) 7) Cruise ship with ghosts and sea demons. I might've left some out so don't hate me >.<

I love how his internal monologues regarding the FL basically went from "She's interesting. I want to make her a puppet" to "Omg my infallible charm has done it again. She's in love with me. I gotta let her down gently" to "Huh she's actually really pretty and nice and cool... " to "Wtf she wasn't actually in love with me??? : (" then finally "How can I get this girl to acknowledge/love me?"

and to answer other' reviewer, Celine isn't MC. It's the 'daughter' or the one named 'Xiao Xue Ji' *cmiiw for the spelling*

Tbh, it's like reading an undercover operation of solving a human-trafficking case and rescuing people who became victims. Just that, it took place in interstellar world and rather than being used as s*aves or involved in prostitution, the trafficked victims were turned into characters in many stories before said stories were sold as a live-novel-experience products to the masses in the interstellar world. Whoa.

And the live-novel-experience program is something male lead has made before but later stolen. So male lead silently joined MC, who went undercover, and tried to take back the authority of the program as the creator.

I need more of their past stories. Please I want more awkward moments of him.

She was a good, law-abiding citizen her whole life yet she adapted to being a villain like a fish to water. All her studying into being a villain shouldn't have helped her with committing mu*der, lying and cheating.

It's Xie Wuan.

Although it can be argued that in some ways, the FL is stronger than him since she defeats him in the second arc.

The male lead appears to be cold on the outside but his inner voice is always babbling and is quite hilarious to read