why just why did qianli have to die whyyyyy. I never even expected to get attached to side characters but with every time someone in the book said that qianli is s*upid I was just like “stfu you don’t know what you’re saying” and I just grew more attached to him. Same for yixie my heart is in shambles. I’ve been reading only this for a few days now and I just feel like someone I personally knew died. I don’t even wanna read anymore at this point I’m too sad. Why are you doing this to me and yixie man what have we done to you

So yeah, the ending just... messed up everything if you are trying to think it through. Like all of the turmoil of MC doesn't make sense. His character traits are suddenly a big mystery. Since apparently ML is an otherworldly being who stole his place in reality (to be with him and play around with being human) and gave MC some fabricated past it leaves me with some questions.

• Did every other flashback we read that happens after the revelation really happen? and if it did, did it include MC before everyone's memories got switched? If that is true the emotional impact just gets lost.
• if MC character is based on his fake backstory that means we aren't reading a story of a real MC, but a character created by the ML (especially since the narration underlines how it is understable MC is the way he is with such backstory and when telling us the real events we see that the character of MC is different from what it would be if he still remembered who he used to be)
• ML character traits are just stolen from original MC so we don't even know who he is. it makes this whole thing one guy being obsessed about someone to the point he made them his whole personality and later stole their place in life just to sleep with them

Slenderman with a top hat. Like.... It made me laugh so much

I have never felt so afraid of character death than I have been before until reading this. For real cried at the death, but surprisingly, I felt so peaceful after seeing them again near the end. Plus all the npcs. It was refreshing coming back to them. That was honestly the most anxiety-inducing door to the whole novel.

I stopped reading at c131 cuz I was suddenly sure it would be a bad ending and I wasn't ready for it. I mean they were at their 11th door and only 9 chapters were left. Who knew. I finally decided to finish it today and I'm so happy I did. The plot twist was just wow.

Anyways 10 out of 10 would definitely recommend but like don't read it at night because holy sh*t I stayed awake until dawn cuz I was scared so bad and couldn't sleep without sunlight. So yeah. The descriptions were amazing and so thorough it really felt like I was experiencing everything with the characters.

It's honestly different from other horror books I've read where the ML can stop the ghosts and monsters from attacking the MC or can control them. Like we all knew that bothof them had to run for their lives cuz the monsters were ruthless. But yeah loved it

I cried a lot like literally a lot esp since the last arcs like one of the twins death

or just simple little things like when ML is patient when the MC asks question when they go on doors in future doors

Or when MC once sondered when he was inside the door with that guy abt the sculpture door where he wondered if NPCs could be so human like --then bam to the ending where it was revealed that the ML was infact an NPC

Speakinf of the ML I really really especially f*cking love his character they way the MC kept wondering so many times abt how different the ML was in and out of doors and even had countless of conclusions to it only for us to reach the end and only again just realize the ML just love the drama

(I just realized and remembered the word for this- foreshadowing... I love the foreshadowing for this book 😭😭)

The way the ML was also so human just also proved how much dedicated he was in perfecting his art also prolly bcs of his desire to be with the MC

How he created the 12th stage that was just basically the whole plot of the book and us the readers only even knowing all that in the Side stories where we got to know who and what everything was

Speaking of the doors I understand why the 11th door was at it was, those who were chosen for the door was those who were dying and the door was there to be their "rebirth" by reaching the 11th door it meant that they were prolly strong enough to make a decision, , to stay in a world where the 'door' didnt exist meaning they were not 'unlucky' (since lots died by things falling to then and such ill jusy base them as unlucky as death always chase them) and 'unhealthy' it could be like their what if....

They could also bond with those who died in the door and those who basically didnt exist inside the door, just as long as they survive those who were chasing them in the beginning of the door

It was basically their rebirth

The novel left us with many questions abt the door, like what coulve served as the last 2 doors before the ML got out of his 12th

I cried with Chen Qianli's death the most, I expected Yixie but they really gave us a massive plot twist so I cried more than I expected. I felt this was also a blessing in disguise for Qianli because he didn't have to deal with the doors anymore but you do feel sad for Yixie.

I didn't expect Nanzhu to not be human at all! I kept thinking that Qiushi was the one that probably was out of normal or maybe not even human because it kept being hinted throughout the story that he's special and he seemed especially calm like almost on every circumstance until Qianli's death. Was it just a precondition because of what he went through growing up? Maybe. So imagine my surprised when Nanzhu was actually the twelfth door!