> what i read
long-running web serials, mostly chinese. one review per book, written after a first read and revised after the next. the rest of the list is what's on the shelf.
the full shelf, every book and where i'm up to, lives on webnovelist ↗
Gu Zhen Ren
the power system is the reason to read it: gu, parasitic insects that each grant one ability, refined and combined like a kit. the world moves forward too, new methods every era, so the ancients aren't automatically the strongest. long, dense, and the closest thing i have to a favourite. banned in china in 2019, left unfinished.
read the review → · first read · 2026-09-29
Er Liang Bai Kai
a survival-deduction story in a hell where lying kills you on the spot, so the whole game is getting other people to lie instead. the world's rules are just old lies nobody disproved.
read the review → · first read · 2026-09-28
the hub · warm terminal