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All the novels Ive read, all the things that Ive seen.
All the novels Ive read, all the things that Ive seen.
A list of all the things I’ve read since I made a NU account. Most of them ended up being mid. If you want my recommendations, see my other list “The stuff you binge read all night”
What I tend to like: Strong Characterizations, Character relationships, good world building, excellent writing, great dialogue, realistic romancing (basically mature, not in hs anymore romance)
What I tend to dislike: Shounen (too formulaic and limiting on the stories they’ll tell), Harem (if not for realistic/fit into the story reasons), Romance where the reasons the characters like each other are unrealistic/wish fulfillment/s*upid (I’m looking at you, popular/hot/charismatic girl dates the wet mop of a child cause the plot needs to happen)
Current tropes I have beef with:
1. Girl was protected/saved/impressed once by wet noodle mc in early elementary school, so she’s obsessed with him in high school. Such a lazy plot device and it feels like every damn KOREAN/JP novel has some variation of this. These authors need to talk to real women instead of writing this elementary crap.
What I tend to like: Strong Characterizations, Character relationships, good world building, excellent writing, great dialogue, realistic romancing (basically mature, not in hs anymore romance)
What I tend to dislike: Shounen (too formulaic and limiting on the stories they’ll tell), Harem (if not for realistic/fit into the story reasons), Romance where the reasons the characters like each other are unrealistic/wish fulfillment/s*upid (I’m looking at you, popular/hot/charismatic girl dates the wet mop of a child cause the plot needs to happen)
Current tropes I have beef with:
1. Girl was protected/saved/impressed once by wet noodle mc in early elementary school, so she’s obsessed with him in high school. Such a lazy plot device and it feels like every damn KOREAN/JP novel has some variation of this. These authors need to talk to real women instead of writing this elementary crap.
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Created: Nov 7th, 2022, Updated: Feb 26th, 2023
Created Nov 7th, 2022
Updated Feb 26th, 2023
20 Chapters Every 2.4 Day(s) 23984 Readers 470 Reviews 07-09-2019
This was good, much better than Memorize and probably my favorite out of the ORV, SCOG, MEM, SL group. I made it about 80% of... more>>
85 Chapters Every 94.1 Day(s) 24789 Readers 466 Reviews 06-05-2025
Completed Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Mature Mystery Psychological Sci-fi Seinen Supernatural Tragedy
I liked it at first, but man did the lack of emotion in the character writing get to me at times. I dropped it around... more>>
211 Chapters Every 29.9 Day(s) 12860 Readers 130 Reviews 04-22-2024
Edit: it’s now dropped. Nothing really hooked me in the first 70 chapters and I ain’t got time to read just to read.... more>>
62 Chapters Every 75.7 Day(s) 4943 Readers 26 Reviews 05-16-2022
Interesting premise, not sure if it’s unique enough to keep me going
0 Chapters Every 1908 Day(s) 4311 Readers 46 Reviews 04-12-2020
Very good, unfortunately on hiatus.... more>>
196 Chapters Every 33.7 Day(s) 1271 Readers 8 Reviews 05-14-2024
I was hoping this would be good, but it went mid and then even midder by ch100
403 Chapters Every 95.7 Day(s) 11934 Readers 79 Reviews 08-22-2021
Hm. This was ok, but it never really went anywhere good. Pass
17 Chapters Every 209 Day(s) 19533 Readers 254 Reviews 02-17-2019
Awful.
9 Chapters Every 155.3 Day(s) 1960 Readers 5 Reviews 10-13-2021
The only reason to read this is seol-ah, but the author focuses more on dad than her or mom who are both more interesting imo.... more>>
313 Chapters Every 23.6 Day(s) 1384 Readers 4 Reviews 07-22-2024
I wanted this to be good, but it was just average in the end. The yandere girl was great tho
473 Chapters Every 4.9 Day(s) 8814 Readers 136 Reviews 05-03-2025
Oh god, hentai logic everywhere. Not really a good story either. People hyped it up and I was massively letdown. Characters that are interesting just... more>>
21 Chapters Every 171.3 Day(s) 22012 Readers 398 Reviews 06-26-2018
How do people like this? It was so crap I can’t believe I completed it.
485 Chapters Every 1 Day(s) 8074 Readers 54 Reviews 06-21-2025
Can’t remember why I dropped this, but I remember being pretty pissed at it when I did. I think it had to do with character... more>>
18 Chapters Every 90.2 Day(s) 1647 Readers 3 Reviews 09-24-2022
This needs more chapters
0 Chapters Every 196 Day(s) 3526 Readers 10 Reviews N/A
Read 20 chapters, felt like it was becoming generic pretty fast so I dropped.
0 Chapters Every 19.7 Day(s) 5185 Readers 18 Reviews 12-08-2024
Depression? Idk it was mid
19 Chapters Every 140.1 Day(s) 5991 Readers 50 Reviews 11-27-2019
Ah this one. Had so much potential and then just talked about cooking all the time. I wish it had spent more time blending the... more>>
Comments (23)
Hmm, setting aside a lot of novels I haven't read (like Ending Maker), I think this list has a pretty similar taste to mine (>90% if I am not misreading that "SL" is bad, "Kidnapped Dragons" is the best, etc.), though I disagree with a few things:
+ Referring to TNE as "crap." At least to me, the school arc is very interesting (the first 100 chapters). But I don't bother finishing the last 100 chapters. It's terrifying to watch it (which was my favorite at the time) crumble slowly but steadily.
+The Frozen Queen is annoying. Now, this is just my personal taste, so take no offense, but the only reason I am still reading that novel is because of hers. I am still vividly recall the chill of the knight training arc and the five senses training in the frozen queen's castle. She just grew on me, but, well, look how the novel goes now; I am scared to think about it.
@di2857295 eh, probably till the first battle between the hero and the second in command of demon army.
Btw, I read your review. You seem to have read from the raws. Did the mc die in the end?
@Raj121 spoilers below for anyone who cares
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nah, it’s a harem ending.
If you only got to the fight between second in command you wouldn’t really see the reasons I call it hentai logic. The bits and pieces are being setup (and executed in Kania’s or second girl (blanking on name) who falls in love with him case)
@CapybarasOKIPULLUP please go read my actual review on the novel page. I think you’ll have an aneurism and then I can be rid of your random aggressive comments
@CapybarasOKIPULLUP do you understand differences of opinion? Unlike a lot of the people on this site I’m looking for good writing and characters, not just shounen stuff targeted for a YA audience.
My lists and comments exist for that crowd, since I clearly have a different set of standards and lenses through which I analyze and interpret. The people that think like me will appreciate it, and I appreciate people who write reviews that expose poor characterizations or writing because it saves me time.
You’re not going to change my mind on main heroines, especially with your childish outbursts. It had potential but very clearly squandered it and chose to exchange uniqueness and effort for tropes and easy outs. I wanted to like it, but poor writing made it impossible.
Very interesting. I've read close to all of these, aside from a couple of those feMC KR novels because they're just not built for my uncultured cumbrain.
If feasible, I'd like your input on a couple of these novels:
Second Life Ranker; FFF-Class tr*shero; Shura's Wrath; I Am the Fated Villain; Death Mage (you know the one... probably); remake of Running Away From the Hero; Legendary Moonlight Sculptor and Main Character Hides His Strength.
Based on my own understanding, they seem to all be some variant of shounen, but any potential pitfalls that a shounen may bring are offset by either strongly written characters, a smidgeon of effort put into the world-building or what usually prevails... very nice translations or a compelling style that leaves someone of my stature binging.
Cheers,
Sinikergsus
Hm, I’ve read SLR but it didn’t leave much of an impression on me. I dropped it a couple arcs in and I can’t remember any of the characters or the plot so I guess that tells you my thoughts on it.
tr*sh hero is satire on the shounen genre imo, just like the authors other works. Also just like the authors other works, the first 200-300 chapters are golden and then it gets long in the tooth.
I haven’t read the others you mentioned except glancing at The main character hides his strength (which doesn’t have a shounen tag btw) so I can’t really comment on the rest of your list.