"The Good Guy Upstairs", who is the real good guy?

Before I start sharing my experience with this book, I have one thing to tell you: Even if you have not seen the first two books of the "Summer Trilogy", you can still read and feel the final story like me. - "The Good Guy Upstairs".

The eye-catching and dramatic title of the book creates a full associative space before reading. Who are the good guys and who are the bad guys? What is the definition of a good person or a bad person? All I can say is that this book is unpredictable from beginning to end, full of surprises, collisions, and unexpected sparks.

Although it is a novel, it may be more appropriate to introduce "The Good Man Upstairs" in the way of artistic creation. Let's put it this way, the text inside feels like thick paint has been wiped away on the painting paper, forming all kinds of bright and gorgeous colors. The full picture will really make people stunned. From time to time, you have to shout and pause first, and wait for a while. Continue to see.

Fiction is so intertwined with reality. True or false, laughing and scolding, drama life. The lines are full of enthusiasm, and there are countless descriptions of the illusion of wrapping. When I read it, I haven't fully entered the situation. After a few pages, it gradually loosens the tension, looking forward to what will happen next? From Yuanlin to Berlin with my eldest sister, the distance is only one page away. The fun is just beginning.

Incoherent? No, it's chaos

"The Lobster and the Seahorse", what is the title of the chapter? It's really confusing. It doesn't matter, just look at it and the answer will appear naturally. Green acorns, white ghost hair, deep sea blue eyes? If you don't understand it, don't worry, you will find the answer slowly.

She and him, each telling their own stories, are loaded with a sea of words that are either violent or estranged, clear water, turbid water, all water. Sometimes romantic and sometimes crazy, sometimes freehand and sometimes realistic, it is rare to describe and describe, but it still tells the story wonderfully. As for how wonderful it is? Then it depends on whether your hand can stop turning the book. Otherwise, you can continue reading this introduction.

If you are curious, what is this book about? a lot of. Social phenomena, environmental ecology, growth background, grassroots characters, sex and love, blood and tears... It talks about everything, and nothing is strange. Starting from the experience of the common people in the market, constantly crawling and combing straight to the heart of the eldest sister, from the eldest sister to the younger brother, from Yuan Lin to Berlin, the two people who had no intersection, but they gathered together because of the ridiculous incident of the men in black . Is it liberation just to leave? Or the beginning of another torment?

Life is made up of layers of damage, and everyone is complete by imperfection. Years have carved piles of chisels on us, grinding a hard rough stone into its own shape, some people are as smooth as a loach, some people are soft as mud, some people resist stubbornly, and some people lose themselves. Whether it's good or bad can only be defined by yourself, so prepare yourself as much as possible and wait for the opportunity. No one can ever grasp it, that's called life.

He, she, he, recite "ㄊㄚ(ta)"

There is one thing that I usually do not deliberately mention when writing, and that is to choose "he" next to the herringbone or "she" next to the female character when using words, because for me, people Just people, all the same. The same sound, the same agreement, the same way of reading, love is what it looks like to accept everything. So, what's so special about it?

Of course there is. Especially when the author writes consciously, there is often a lot of meaning in such small details. She is the eldest sister, an ordinary Chinese teacher; he is the younger brother, a university professor living in Germany. This is her story with him, but also their own story. His he, her he, they are all looking for the "ㄊㄚ" in their hearts, the desire in their hearts.

Old virgins, homosexuals, the phenomenon of conformity in the irony of life. Nathaniel Lee, an English writer in the seventeenth century, said: "They say I am crazy, I say they are crazy, but unfortunately, they are so many!" The so-called people are good at doing things, whether good or bad, so many people become excuses, differences are not reasons, and everyone must seek common ground in differences. But is this right?

The truth is that when everyone can perform in their true colors, it is the whole society that truly respects individual differences. Blooming on their own, no need for pretense, and the courage to show oneself should be praised. When we can do this, face the truth, and understand that the world should be like this. There are people in the world. As long as we have the boundaries of respect for each other, why should we make a fuss? Only you can't think of it, nothing can't be done. Just like there are so many fairy tales all over the world, there are always some novel ones, haven't you heard of them?

There are so many stories of life, you and I are different from him

The third-person perspective, which is cleverly interspersed in the text, also allows readers to see the similarities or differences between them. Does growing up in the same family make you the same person? Differences in life experience will naturally create different personalities. In fact, brothers and sisters have their own lives, and life is just a play. A person's story, a family's story, with the blood and tears of life into a masterpiece, the beginning of tragedy is often more than comedy. The good comedy of family harmony has a set formula, but the tragedy is that there are a hundred different stories behind a hundred families. Can't compare, can't compare.

And the cruelest thing about this world is that tragedies are often more popular than comedies. There are famous tragic stories in both China and the West, from "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" to "Hamlet", everyone must be familiar with them. Why is tragedy so famous? The beginnings and transitions are dramatic, and naturally everyone loves to watch them. After reading them, they have to shed tears of sympathy. Fortunately, this is just a drama, not reality. But in the real story, there are more absurd accents and gossips that always make people laugh. The laughter is mixed with blood and tears, and the cadence is not lively.

Isn't life made up of this flesh and blood? A dream of joys, sorrows and sorrows, and the experience of life is unforgettable. Accidentally turn the page in the years, share the joys and sorrows with the characters through the novel, meet and say goodbye, all completed at this moment.

Upstairs and downstairs, good people and bad people, Lin Berlin. Hell and heaven, there are no rules at all, all in one thought. The story continues, life still moves forward, time cannot be suspended, remember to seize the time.

Life is like a play, and there are always more stories. May your life be peaceful and smooth.

 ※The release date of this article: 2022/04/24, first published on Matters.

※This book review participates in Kaigan Hao to exchange reading activities, and select books for February ◯ February February and March. The author shares the ownership of the article with Kaigenhao, and Kaigenhao also has the right to edit the article.

※The edited and revised version will be published on the SquareGood website on 2022/04/29 , and the article can be reposted and shared after it is published.

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