Cao Kou's "In the County" after reading

Because I just read his novel and sent something. If you don't have too many ideas in the future, you will generally rarely update it. Images and content are irrelevant.

Writer Cao Kou's "In the County", I see that a certain platform has made a lot of professional comments about him, and there are many praises. In terms of writing and storytelling, it is not sweet, not light, not impatient. Very good. So I don't have much to say about professional reviews – in fact, I can't say anything professional.

"In the County" is a collection of novels, which begins with "Mother". When I first started watching "Mother", I thought that this novel had a little bit of Wang Xiaobo's flavor, because the author's writing was a little bit ridiculous and witty.

The solo novella "In the County" gives me a feeling of a little bit of Jia Ping's concave feeling—of course, this feeling is not accurate. "In the County" depicts the scenery of the town is very characteristic, which reminds me of the characteristics of Jia Pingwo writing about Xi'an, and Jia Pingwo also likes to describe the scenic characteristics of a place. (The regional characteristics can be described very well, which shows that the author's mood is also very good, and the description of the scenery also represents the author's state of mind)

Cao Kou is a post-70s generation, so the background of his novel is the early stage of the beginning of the Internet. Therefore, whether it is describing Nanjing, Jinan and other cities, it gives people a sense of age. There is no such thing as the hustle and bustle of a metropolis. However, judging from the description inside, words such as "selfie stick" appeared, which can be seen that it is already the 4G era. So it also belongs to the era of Internet prosperity.

Because there is no hustle and bustle of the metropolis, the relationship between people is not as tense as it is now. "In the County Town" depicts the affair of the protagonist Zhang Liang and Li Qian, as well as the delicate couple relationship between Wang Kui and Gao Min. Although it depicts the affair, the role of Xiao San, but does not fall into the critical position of the general storyline. Instead, write about the emotional entanglements between them.

Cao Kou is a post-70s generation, so the things described always give me a post-70s feeling. Topics like Xiao San were immoral in the past, but in today's Internet age, these immoral topics will cause indignation among netizens, even more than before.

I think the author's novels are okay in the past, but if they are placed today, there are more things that need to be considered. Because today you are thinking about not only the values of relatives and friends around you, but also the values of netizens. Today's Internet has advantages and disadvantages, and the disadvantage is that the power of public opinion can "kill" a person.

You can think that topics like "little three" and "about to run" are very commonplace, but today, such words are not just a word.

Is it good to write a novel without setting up a field? Good is good, but it gives the impression of being out of the way. So I think it's better to sometimes write about the feelings of the protagonist and other characters.