Endless Summer
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Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Young readers who enjoy youth campus stories mixed with light fantasy
- Readers drawn to rare subjects such as perfume-making and a science-girl's coming of age
- Readers who prefer delicate emotional writing and the ache of growing up
- Readers who want a light mystery built around protection and waiting
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting self-consistent hard sci-fi worldbuilding and rigorous logical deduction
- Readers who prefer fast pacing, strong plot, and little emotional buildup
- Readers sensitive to school isolation and family breakdown
Reading tips
- Read it first as a coming-of-age story; the fantasy is a vehicle for emotion, so don't rush to interrogate its rules.
- Notice how Lin Zhizi's perfume-making, science studies, and family upheaval mirror one another; these details reveal the character more than the answer does.
- When Gong Hao appears five years later, look back at Hao's words and actions for the emotional clues the author has planted.
- If you become deeply immersed, read chapter by chapter and leave buffer time after the darker passages.
About the publisher
Tianjin People's Publishing House publishes across such fields as classic works, foreign literature, architecture, social culture and social sciences, with 749 relevant titles in the collection. In the areas of classics and scholarship, works such as Wang Guowei's Renjian Cihua and Fei Xiaotong's From the Soil and Fertility and Reproduction reflect a sustained attention to social culture and classic texts of thought. Architectural books are represented by Liang Sicheng's Annotated Yingzao Fashi and A History of Chinese Architecture, showing an emphasis on architectural heritage and building traditions. In foreign literature, translations of Sholokhov's And Quiet Flows the Don and Tolstoy's War and Peace and The Death of Ivan Ilyich, through the work of translators such as Li Gang and Yu Dawei, form a substantial series of translated works. Overall, the press combines classic texts, scholarly works and fine translations, with a publishing character oriented toward humanistic depth and the dissemination of knowledge.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 楔子
- chapter1 漫天星辰都幻化成雪, 而你, 就是我的宇宙
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- chapter2 爱来的时候, 要踮起脚尖去迎接, 因为一不小心, 它就飞走了
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- chapter3 因为喜欢你, 明天下雨, 也觉得是好天气
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- 尾声
- 后记
FAQ
Is Hao real, or Lin Zhizi's fantasy?
Is the fantasy setup complicated or hard to follow?
Is the ending happy, and is it worth reading on?
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About the author
Qingyang Wanxi is an author about whom limited public information is available. Four works are currently known, spanning categories such as war and military fiction, social fiction, modern romance, and premium fiction. Representative titles including Fangfei and the City, Endless Summer, Sixi, and Miss Coriander's Parallel Journey cover a fairly wide range of subjects, from modern romance narratives centered on emotional relationships and urban life to writing with a stronger focus on social reality. Among them, Sixi gained wider attention through a television adaptation of the same title starring Tong Yao, Jiang Xin, and Huang Minghao, suggesting that the stories have a certain potential for adaptation and a foundation for popular reach. Judging from the existing works, Qingyang Wanxi's writing tends to revolve around character fates, family relationships, and emotional choices, maintaining a balance between accessible readability and a sense of realism, and skillfully using everyday details to move the plot forward. As biographical information has not yet been made public, the full picture of the author's creative work remains to be supplemented by further material.