NOT My Cup of Tea
NOT My Cup of Tea
Novels I found lacklustre, bland or dropped.
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Created: Apr 7th, 2025, Updated: May 14th, 2025
Created Apr 7th, 2025
Updated May 14th, 2025
155 Chapters Every 20.9 Day(s) 5106 Readers 71 Reviews 01-23-2025
Started strong with clever banter and a seemingly sharp FL, but somewhere along the way it lost its bite. The stakes vanished, the pacing dragged,... more>>
617 Chapters Every 79.9 Day(s) 12342 Readers 146 Reviews 04-17-2022
Dropped at c25 p12. Low immersion, plot is haphazard, writing is boring. Had hopes but was disappointed.
61 Chapters Every 21.6 Day(s) 1501 Readers 10 Reviews 10-08-2024
The book tries to sell the clever conversation trope where there is a lot of bickering but ends up sounding like a 13 year old... more>>
113 Chapters Every 4.4 Day(s) 1711 Readers 4 Reviews 06-13-2025
The world building is creepy. Dropped at c14. Bye bye
139 Chapters Every 1.5 Day(s) 525 Readers 0 Reviews 07-12-2025
As much as I love communist China stories, this one was just plain boring. Not worth it. Dropped at C18.
80 Chapters Every 50.8 Day(s) 737 Readers 7 Reviews 06-22-2023
The concept is certainly fresh, but the execution is bordering subpar. It’s full of badly executed cliches. Bland. Also the TL groups page doesn’t support... more>>
124 Chapters Every 3.3 Day(s) 843 Readers 4 Reviews 07-13-2025
Childish af. Was expecting some passion and angst or stuff like that but this is bland. Not fond of the writing. Reminiscent of a wattpad... more>>
149 Chapters Every 7.1 Day(s) 393 Readers 2 Reviews 05-04-2025
10 chapters in, no outsmarting and FL acts like a fool. Not a fan. Also lacks immersion
78 Chapters Every 7.4 Day(s) 746 Readers 0 Reviews 03-26-2025
Very le*d. But not my type. It’s smut without class. Dropped at c20 but even getting that far was too much for me.
54 Chapters Every 15.7 Day(s) 718 Readers 5 Reviews 07-10-2025
Verbose in a way that makes you sleep. Dropped at c12. Zzzz
276 Chapters Every 0.5 Day(s) 892 Readers 6 Reviews 07-12-2025
The concept is a bit fresh. The FL manipulates the ML. But the characters all have IQ problems, especially Liu Ruyan. Her maid Xue Mei’s... more>>
117 Chapters Every 5.4 Day(s) 3463 Readers 39 Reviews 06-04-2025
Not bad. Just not immersive. Dropped at c31
190 Chapters Every 1.1 Day(s) 345 Readers 3 Reviews 07-13-2025
I don’t know if second half is better but the first half is lacklustre. I had hopes considering the rating but meh. Dropped at c32
687 Chapters Every 1.9 Day(s) 5487 Readers 33 Reviews 07-13-2025
I don’t like the childhood arc so dropped. @v1c22. Might pick up again, might not.
40 Chapters Every 697.3 Day(s) 9328 Readers 293 Reviews 06-01-2016
Dropped at C1481. Read so many chapters in the beginning because I was a noob reader and it was immersive back then. Dropped because I... more>>
718 Chapters Every 13.9 Day(s) 978 Readers 5 Reviews 12-23-2024
**SPOILERS** ... more>>
93 Chapters Every 16.3 Day(s) 1071 Readers 11 Reviews 03-02-2025
Enjoyable till around 40 chapters. Continued till 50+ chapters. Then it quickly got repetitive and kept praising the FL rather excessively. So dropped.
116 Chapters Every 81.9 Day(s) 3670 Readers 63 Reviews 03-14-2022
Something about this book rubs me wrong. ML is way too patriarchal, the doting is rather superficial. Probably right for the time but bad taste after... more>>
505 Chapters Every 29.5 Day(s) 1408 Readers 22 Reviews 05-15-2024
Dropped at c463. It gets way too creepy at the end (esp. the ML). Just too dark psychologically for me to stomach.
48 Chapters Every 129.7 Day(s) 3348 Readers 9 Reviews 06-24-2020
At c48, the translator dropped it and I also dropped it. lol.
242 Chapters Every 10.5 Day(s) 768 Readers 6 Reviews 03-07-2025
Early chapters were good. Got to c40, then dropped. Good concept with the army chef thing. Lost interest after she left the camp.
353 Chapters Every 41.9 Day(s) 3694 Readers 55 Reviews 10-29-2023
Starts off interesting enough depicting life as a countryside sent educated youth. But it quickly becomes bland and repetitive. It’s slice-of-life, sure, but it’s not... more>>
Comments (5)
Translated novel not on NU
The Thin Horse Concubine of the Powerful Minister by 橘子软糖
Asianovel (c108 ongoing)
Dropped at c12
Again, so much wasted potential. It just lacks substance. The characters are just not well developed.
Translated Novels not on NU
Glorious Marriage by 希昀
Asianovel (completed)
Dropped at c18.
Not bad, just not good enough. Such a good concept but the execution lacks soul.
Translated Novels not on NU rn
# Chief Lady-in-Waiting [Qing Dynasty Transmigration] by 金阿淼
C141 (completed) on Asianovel
Dropped at c85
It started off well, but then the push pull game between the ML and the FL became increasingly repetitive. The creative license was stretched so far that the characters barely even resembled themselves midway through the novel. It’s so unrealistic, it’s rather frustrating to read and I’d rather find something else.