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Silent Reading
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Rating(4.7 / 5.0, 565 votes)
5 | 83% (471 votes) |
4 | 9% (53 votes) |
3 | 3% (15 votes) |
2 | 2% (10 votes) |
1 | 3% (16 votes) |
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2016
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Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line
180 Chapters + 5 Extras (Complete)
5 Volumes (Complete)
5 Volumes (Complete)
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Completely Translated
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Every 91.5 Day(s)Activity Stats [Graph]
Weekly Rank: #1215Monthly Rank: #2325
All Time Rank: #1882
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On 9483 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #8658
All Time Rank: #360
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Childhood, upbringing, family background, social relations, traumatic experiences…
We keep reviewing and seeking out the motives of criminals, exploring the subtlest emotions driving them. It’s not to put ourselves in their shoes and sympathize, or even forgive them; it’s not to find some reasons to exculpate their crimes; it’s not to kneel down before the so-called “complexity of human nature”; nor to introspect social conflicts, much less to alienate ourselves into monsters.
We just want to have a fair trial – for ourselves and for those who still have hope for the world.
Associated Names
One entry per lineJustice in the Dark [Live-Action Drama]
Mò Dú
Silent Reading
Đọc Thầm
Безмолвное Чтение
Мовчазне читання
ชาลาในอนธการ
默讀
默读
묵독
Mò Dú
Silent Reading
Đọc Thầm
Безмолвное Чтение
Мовчазне читання
ชาลาในอนธการ
默讀
默读
묵독
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09/16/20 | Ainushi Translations | c68 |
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09/09/20 | Ainushi Translations | c61 |
09/08/20 | Ainushi Translations | c60 |
09/07/20 | Ainushi Translations | c59 |
07/23/20 | E. Danglars | epilogue |
07/23/20 | E. Danglars | v5 |
07/23/20 | E. Danglars | v4 |
07/23/20 | E. Danglars | v3 |
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First and foremost this is a detective story. It involves police and politics, corruption and manipulation, wealthy overpowering the poor, and the list of potential trigger warnings for it is quite lengthy. There are some genuinely gruesome and upsetting content in the cases though most of it is seen afterwards and not experienced by the reader-- for example there's a scene where a girl encounters a killer but we don't see what happens and only find out about the aftermath as you read on. This is also a story about love, friendship, trust, family, and relationships. The special investigation squad really feels like a found family and it is lovely to see them all working so hard to protect each other especially in the last volume when sh*t really hits the fan. There's positive and negative relationships of just about every kind. Some characters are close to their family and have a loving relationship while others despise or have trauma with theirs. Finally it is a story covered and intertwined with theming and allusions. One of my favorite things about this series is how each book / volume is named after and related to another work of literature. I have not personally read all of them before but I admit I am curious to do so and return to Silent Reading and see how that changes my impression of things. Real quick here's a list of the novels in case you would like to look into them before starting Silent Reading;
- The Red and the Black by Stendhal (1830)
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955)
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1606)
- Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1871)
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1844)
Who are the main characters?Without going into details here's a little bit about our main squad:
- Fei Du - a rich young man with a traumatic past who is interested in psychology and has a keen analytical mind. He is incredibly intelligent and determined to figure everything out (from the cases to his repressed memories) with all he has even if it hurts himself in the process. He acts cold and calculating and is determined not to trust or let others too close.
- Luo Wenzhou - the head of the special investigation squad, he appears carefree and lighthearted but cares so deeply. He wants to protect his little family of investigators no matter what. (He also has a cat named Luo Yiguo who is hilarious every time he shows up).
- Tao Ran - deputy captain of the squad, he has strong big brother vibes. He's serious and kind and a good foil to the flippant and brash Luo Wenzhou. He's constantly shaking his head and hoping everyone can get along (at least for a little while).
- Lang Qiao - part of the special investigation squad, she may not be as quick on analyzing the clues but she makes up for it by being decisive and taking action. (I really appreciated her not being fridged or a damsel -- in fact she often would rush into action and saved Xiao Haiyang a few times).
- Xiao Haiyang -he starts out in another unit but gets transferred into the special investigation squad in the second book after having worked with them closely during the first book. He's new and has a lot to learn but his incredible memory helps him pick up on some clues that others have missed. His sense of righteousness is strong but his self preservation is weak.
What is the plot of Silent Reading?Each volume revolves around a certain case that the special investigation squad and Fei Du find themselves wrapped up in. The characters and cases that they work on are complicated and nuanced, I felt a little like a detective myself as I would take notes while reading and try to piece together clues. This includes not only the current case but the little tidbits we would get about the main character's dark past and puzzling how it has affected him into who he is today as well as hints at a large scale conspiracy manipulated by some shadowy force that was directing the characters around to their whim. After reading each volume I would have a list of questions that I had generated that still remained and I hoped I would get more clues to in the next volume. I also appreciated that the cases seemed to become more complicated and tangled as the series continued. Suspects and victims were not mutually exclusive, What seemed simple at first glance would be revealed to be a cover-up and the characters would pursue the loose strings and uncover what really happened. Here's a bit more info about potential triggers in the series;
tw -- please note that all of these warnings ALSO APPLY TOWARDS MINORS AND CHILDREN: s*xual abuse and assault, brutal violence and physical abuse, mental and psychological abuse, animal abuse, death, mu*der, drug use, torture, dismemberment, neglect, human trafficking, cult-like brainwashing, manipulation, conspiracy, corruption, police, politics, trauma, cycle of abuse, social standing as an excuse to treat people as lesser (rich targeting the poor, strong targeting the weak, men targeting women, women targeting children, etc.)
There's a few times where FD acts cheekily towards LWZ and LWZ alludes to 'punishing' FD with s*x. I believe both characters are aware that this is meant as a form of teasing and play between them and if FD did not consent LWZ would not continue. They both know if FD teases LWZ to this extent that he's egging LWZ on purposefully and is consenting (sometimes this is an attempt to distract LWZ from asking FD questions that FD does not want to answer). Ultimately we know that LWZ wouldn't harm FD but I felt it was worth a mention. This series also unfortunately falls into the trope of one male character always tops and the other always bottoms -- to the extent that when the bottom complains or suggests switching roles the top acts offended or like he doesn't hear the other. It's like some bullsh*t pride thing that pops up from time to time in gay media that the bottom is less masculine because he's on the receiving end. Personally I think LWZ would thoroughly enjoy any type of act with FD as long as FD was doing it with him. And that's not to say a person can't have preferences-- I just get frustrated when the tops act insulted at the mere thought or implication of being the one on the receiving end.
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- As a branch family of police force, I applaud Priest for write how should be a police work. Luo Wenzhou is powerful as a young master and his old man also in the force, didnt make him exert his "power" to overlord. Keeping structure how policeman work by submit to their leader about the cases they handled, how leader should do and keep in line investigative process based on evidences not blindly shot a blank. I love the sentence said by Luo Wenzhou "We should believe our comrade since we put our back to them to keep" giving a benefit of doubt when they suspected there was a "moles" in the forces.
The Reasons Why The Leads way more OP in my humble opinion.From all the characters Priest write Luo Wenzhou and Fei Du are human so their human characteristic is the reason why they are so OP.
Lets begin with Luo Wenzhou from the flash look of his description he was portrayed as sloppy team leader, lazy and untidy, harsh mouth but if you further analyzing him. Luo Wenzhou is a just leader, compassionate, highly capacitated EQ and IQ and more importantly he trust his subordinate and protect them when they were suspected and in doubt of their own capability.
If you ask me what scene to describe it, I pick when Luo Wenzhou is suspended bacause the cases is stuck, Lu Jia and Zhou Huajin being pursue by two forces Zhang's Family (black force; criminal syndicate) and Fan's group (gray force; vigilantes). When Lu Jia and Zhou Huajin really desperate to survive from attack, Luo Wenzhou came with forces gathered by his teammate which he called his children and acquaintance which he build for years when doing cases. Not so s*upidly came alone doing an hero act for boosting his false bravado. Likes what he said to Big-Eyed Lan "If the sky is fall, your Imperial Father will hold them for you" and after the rescue act he also said "His children is his children after all" because they could gather larger forces.
Meanwhile for Fei Du his mind so intricated, the villains force only to a step but Fei Du walk thousand Li for beautify his traps. Even all his kindness look like a supplementary tools for his revenge but he treat those victim more appropriate (giving them shelter, jobs and protection) but all the victim treat him like a spark of light and will sacrifice themself for Fei Du safety.
- The second case (my favorite!) is based off Lolita. Three generations of women in the Su family trafficked young girls as s*x s*aves and then mu*dered them; the Su women were themselves trafficked as s*x s*aves. It's chilling and sad how the abused can become the abuser.
- The third case is based off Macbeth. The patriarch of a powerful Chinese family passes away, leaving a power vacuum and resulting in a series of power struggles.
- The fourth case is based off the Japanese movie, All About Lily Chou Chou, leading into a case based off Demons. A ring of abuse is revealed at a prestigious boarding school for the sons/daughters of powerful Chinese families. After unearthing the horrid abuse at the school, the main characters discover the cruelty and immorality of the fathers/families of the school's ringleaders.
- The last case (the final arc) is The Count of Monte Cristo. A previously morally upright and respected professor turns into a vigilante and begins to deliver poetic justice to the criminals who slip through the cracks in the justice system. He gathers those whom the legal system have failed and turn them into vigilante killers, forming a cult who are willing to kill innocent people in order to deliver this so-called 'poetic justice'. These five cases together tell a very long and complicated story of power, ambition, cruelty and abuse that spanned over 20 years and through three generations in various families. I'm honestly dying to see priest's notes for this book, lol. I'm again marvelling at the way she describes the psyche, trauma, personalities and relationships. I loved the main pair's relationship. I liked the pace of this novel a lot. Things just kept speeding up and plot twist after plot twist explodes one after another. At some point into the fourth case, I literally read all the way till midnight on a weekday because I couldn't put down the book. The novel also again leaves me wondering about the power-based societies that seem to be the norm in Chinese novels. Family and wealth are might and power. Well, nothing more coherent than that but that was a very enjoyable and thought-provoking read.