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Chinese BL Novel Recs
Feb. 3rd, 2019 07:12 pmMy Chinese BL Novel Rec List:
Summary by me: First day at his new job Gu Qing Pei has been tasked to mentor the chairman's unruly son Yuan Yang. Yuan Yang is completely against the idea and thus began their story.
I love this story so much. It contains a lot of tropes I love - rivals/enemies to lover, age gap, and mentor/mentee. I love the way it is written. The character's feel alive. Gu Qing Pei's so goddamn charming that a lot of book fans wants him to be their lover. But I personally love Yuan Yang more, he has a horrible temper but he's very sweet to Gu Qing Pei. He's violent but he never raised his hand to Gu Qing Pei, even at the beginning when they didn't get along at all. It does gets angsty in the middle though so get ready for that.
This novel has been adapted into a 15 episode web show without the BL part of it due to Chinese censorship laws. I suggest watching the stage play the web show cast put on at a fan meet since it follows the novel.
Summary by me: Mai Ding goes to university and ends up falling for An Zi Yan, a handsome guy who lives in the dorm room next to him.
This novel is just so sweet! There's really no overarching plot other than An Zi Yan and Mai Ding's relationship. So it's like a slice of life show in novel form. They are just university students in love and going through normal relationship problems which includes disapproval from their families. It's a light read and it's really funny. The only complaint I have about this novel is that they get together too fast for my tastes, I lean more towards slow burn.
This novel has been adapted into two movies, with the third one canceled once China tightened their censorship laws. The movies do follow the novels plot but the acting and the filmography isn't very good.
镇魂 by priest
Guardian
106 Chapters
沈巍/赵云澜|Shen Wei/Zhao Yun Lan
Summar by me: While investigating a mysterious death at the Dragon City University Zhao Yun Lan meets Professor Shen Wei and is immediately stricken by his beauty and began shameless pursuing him.
The novel has a tight plot that is steeped in Chinese mythology and folklore. Priest is really good at writing complex characters and situations. And Zhao Yun Lan was really shameless in his pursuit of Shen Wei in the beginning. And it is impossible for me to talk about this novel without mentioning the show. The show adapted from this novel is probably the most famous out of these four but honestly the novel is so much better than the show. I tried watching the show but I gave up at around episode 20 out of boredom. Plus I hate how weak they made Zhao Yun Lan in the show. He could take care of himself in the novel and they even made Shen Wei weaker in the show! In the novel everyone feared and respected him! Even Zhao Yun Lan was scared after he realized who he was hitting on the entire time! And the best part is that the novel has a happy ending! Please just read the novel! It is so much better!
针锋对决 by 水千丞
Beloved Enemy
118 Chapters
原炀/顾青裴|Yuan Yang/Gu Qing Pei
Beloved Enemy
118 Chapters
原炀/顾青裴|Yuan Yang/Gu Qing Pei
Summary by me: First day at his new job Gu Qing Pei has been tasked to mentor the chairman's unruly son Yuan Yang. Yuan Yang is completely against the idea and thus began their story.
I love this story so much. It contains a lot of tropes I love - rivals/enemies to lover, age gap, and mentor/mentee. I love the way it is written. The character's feel alive. Gu Qing Pei's so goddamn charming that a lot of book fans wants him to be their lover. But I personally love Yuan Yang more, he has a horrible temper but he's very sweet to Gu Qing Pei. He's violent but he never raised his hand to Gu Qing Pei, even at the beginning when they didn't get along at all. It does gets angsty in the middle though so get ready for that.
This novel has been adapted into a 15 episode web show without the BL part of it due to Chinese censorship laws. I suggest watching the stage play the web show cast put on at a fan meet since it follows the novel.
逆袭 by 柴鸡蛋
Counter Attack| Falling in Love with a Rival
283 Chapters
池骋/吴所畏|Chi Cheng/Wu Suo Wei
Counter Attack| Falling in Love with a Rival
283 Chapters
池骋/吴所畏|Chi Cheng/Wu Suo Wei
Summary by me: Wu Suo Wei's girlfriend of 7 years breaks up with him. He decided to get back at her by stealing her current boyfriend, Beijing's number one player, Chi Cheng.
Okay, the only problem I have with this fic is that it is just too damned long. I had to force myself to finish reading it. But I do love the friendship between the four main characters. Wu Suo Wei and Chi Cheng is the main couple but the side couple of Gou Cheng Yu and Jiang Xiao Shuai also have a lot screen time and plays major roles in the plot. It's mostly sweet and hilarious but can also be very tear inducing at points.
This novel has been adapted into an 8 episode web show but of course they couldn't fit 283 chapters worth of content into that many episodes so a lot of things had to be cut out.
Okay, the only problem I have with this fic is that it is just too damned long. I had to force myself to finish reading it. But I do love the friendship between the four main characters. Wu Suo Wei and Chi Cheng is the main couple but the side couple of Gou Cheng Yu and Jiang Xiao Shuai also have a lot screen time and plays major roles in the plot. It's mostly sweet and hilarious but can also be very tear inducing at points.
This novel has been adapted into an 8 episode web show but of course they couldn't fit 283 chapters worth of content into that many episodes so a lot of things had to be cut out.
你是男的，我也爱 by Angelina
Even if you are a man, I love you| Like Love
109 Chapters
安子晏/麦丁|An Zi Yan/Mai Ding
Even if you are a man, I love you| Like Love
109 Chapters
安子晏/麦丁|An Zi Yan/Mai Ding
Summary by me: Mai Ding goes to university and ends up falling for An Zi Yan, a handsome guy who lives in the dorm room next to him.
This novel is just so sweet! There's really no overarching plot other than An Zi Yan and Mai Ding's relationship. So it's like a slice of life show in novel form. They are just university students in love and going through normal relationship problems which includes disapproval from their families. It's a light read and it's really funny. The only complaint I have about this novel is that they get together too fast for my tastes, I lean more towards slow burn.
This novel has been adapted into two movies, with the third one canceled once China tightened their censorship laws. The movies do follow the novels plot but the acting and the filmography isn't very good.
镇魂 by priest
Guardian
106 Chapters
沈巍/赵云澜|Shen Wei/Zhao Yun Lan
Summar by me: While investigating a mysterious death at the Dragon City University Zhao Yun Lan meets Professor Shen Wei and is immediately stricken by his beauty and began shameless pursuing him.
The novel has a tight plot that is steeped in Chinese mythology and folklore. Priest is really good at writing complex characters and situations. And Zhao Yun Lan was really shameless in his pursuit of Shen Wei in the beginning. And it is impossible for me to talk about this novel without mentioning the show. The show adapted from this novel is probably the most famous out of these four but honestly the novel is so much better than the show. I tried watching the show but I gave up at around episode 20 out of boredom. Plus I hate how weak they made Zhao Yun Lan in the show. He could take care of himself in the novel and they even made Shen Wei weaker in the show! In the novel everyone feared and respected him! Even Zhao Yun Lan was scared after he realized who he was hitting on the entire time! And the best part is that the novel has a happy ending! Please just read the novel! It is so much better!
