Breaking the Book: Kaleidoscope of Death Review

Danmei Review: Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zixu Authors sometimes break the worlds they’ve painstakingly created. It’s often accidental. They’re too close to the story to notice the mistakes or their grand ideas cause contradictions and inconsistencies in the plot. As an author it’s possible to craft a world in which 2 + 2 = 5. You make and have complete control of the rules so they can be whatever you like. The only catch is that the rules must remain consistent. If they’re any exceptions to a rule it must be clearly explained to the reader. It can take months or even years to write a book, but as a reader you're covering that same content in a matter of weeks or months. Depending on the size of the book and the amount of free time you have you may be able to finish a book within a day. This makes spotting inconsistencies easy. Errors can become glaringly obvious. Today I’d like to discuss the Chinese web novel Kaleidoscope of Death because the author breaks the book’s internal logic…