Golden Stage

I do like my Chinese bl novels but tbh, I've only read the two - MDZS and TYK - because I loved their adaptations and then QiYe because it seemed like a fun spinoff. So when I saw this book being talked about on my social media, I wasn't 100% sure I wanted to check it out because I know there's hardly any hope for bl adaptations coming out anytime soon. But then I found myself in a slump and thought, maybe this one will get me out of it. And what a beauty this turned out to be.

Firstly, I have to immensely commend the translator because their work is wonderful and there was never a point where I felt that I was't reading a professionally translated book published by a big name publisher. The prose is beautiful, particularly in the emotional and romantic moments and there were so many times where I just felt so much (I'm basically struggling here to describe my feelings