I honestly do not know what to post first on my blog page, but thennnnn! I figured out: why not start with something I love? So I guess I'll start off with a book review of one of my ultimate fave web novels.
"Sigh..."
"Mysteries."
I know it's weird to start with that line, but that is not the novel's opening line. Those two lines 100% sent shivers down my spine. Without context, it kinds of intrigues you, right?
Lord of the Mysteries, a title worth befitting of a novel shrouded in mysteries! A novel written by Cuttlefish that Loves Diving who also wrote Throne of Magical Arcana, The Sage Who Transcended Samsara, and Martial Arts Master.
A
transmigration--themed book loaded full of mysteries, tragedy (though not as
tragic as Yoo Joonghyuk’s 1863 regressions), horror, magic, dark fantasy, steam
punk elements, and with just the right amount of comedy. Although it is an
isekai with the cliché protagonist blessed and reborn with a golden finger (a
Chinese internet slang for cheat skill), our dear transmigrator, Zhou Mingrui,
is not an overpowered one.
This is a web novel with
an excellent plot and one of the top novels with an amazing world building! One
of the things I love in LOTM is how perfect the characterization is. The author
really wrote all the characters with their own uniqueness and point of views so
much that sometimes it didn’t feel like reading a novel, but more like gleaming
on someone’s life! It’s like we’re spectators silently observing their every
move, having a peek of their lives, given the chance to know their secrets.
One of my fave aspects
of this novel though was the different personas our dear MC portrayed here. The
multiple point of views of the characters really brings out the similarities
and difference in their personality (some may be bring about by their
uniqueness or their faith).
Do note though that due to the
world-building of the first volume, it may come off as slow. The pacing would
sometimes feel sporadic- sometimes fast, sometimes slow (with too much unnecessary—or
maybe the author find necessary? – info) pace that it would leave you feeling
like it was rushed, maybe author run out of ideas and was prolonging it? Though
it does have its shortcomings, overall, it is a great novel and considered as
the peak of web novels!
My only
warning though: Be careful of the Spectator.
Book Cover from: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54112943-lord-of-the-mysteries
You can read the novel here : https://www.webnovel.com/book/lord-of-mysteries_11022733006234505
PS.
Book 2 is currently on-going and you can read it here : https://www.webnovel.com/book/lord-of-mysteries-2-circle-of-inevitability_25759730405792805
May you continue shining like resplendent stars in sky and be forever treasured like precious jewels.
xoxo. Rotten Jewel
