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I struggled a lot with understanding how I feel about this one. On its face, the writing is excellent and there's a real knowledge on the topics being dealt within the story. And yet, I could not seem to connect with the whole thing.
While I can still see quality of the writing and the effectiveness of its imagery, the truth is I really struggle with works written this way. This VN presents many lengthy, almost flowery monologues, a style I've read before and always had mixed feelings on. The problem, as I see it, is while the allegories are creative and vivid, their recursive presentation only worked to belabour their point. It came off to me as a distracting level of heavy-handedness that bogged down this already slow-paced tale.
But I must insist: the imagery is good. An example I can give without reservation is when a character mentions starting to "have to reach out for their own name." Part of why that one stuck with me is the fact that we don't get a prolix analysis from the MC afterwards; the ephemerality of this powerful mental image, not its overbearing presence, was what made it work.
Audiovisually, there is very little here. The handful of music tracks do contribute to the atmosphere and I've heard an argument in favour of its stillness, but to me, there's definitely an opportunity for more creative use of the V side of this FVN.
This project didn't have the best shot of grabbing me due to the style it's going for, but I very much stand by my points here. Maybe if you enjoy a purpler prose and don't mind how static it is, you'll enjoy this one. To me, it spent too long gilding the lily.
对Tianri，别担心，这个英语翻译不太错了。大多数的时候句子又好懂又好看。虽然我自己不太喜欢这个写法，但是故事很好