中新网客户端北京1月21日电(记者 上官云) 从人物设定到故事情节,作家辛夷坞的新书《针尖蜜》最近引发了不少讨论。截至目前,豆瓣评分为6.8分。

  喜欢青春文学、言情小说的读者,会比较熟悉辛夷坞的文风。她的作品以“暖伤青春”风格著称,可能比较“虐心”,但仍会让人看到希望。

《针尖蜜》书封。出版方供图

  她的书中,往往有对当前都市年轻人生存境遇的描述,也有对女性成长过程的思考。《针尖蜜》同样具有这一特点,以都市为背景,写的是言情题材。

  就文笔而言,《针尖蜜》讲故事的能力依然在线,开头悬念感极强:由于家庭变故,陈樨带着继子跑到卫嘉处寄居,在一所狭小的房子里,卫嘉、陈樨、卫嘉继母尤清芬相互间矛盾不断,陈樨的直率、卫嘉的沉稳……人物性格一览无遗。

  伴随着陈樨的回忆,上述出场者关系图谱慢慢展开,同时解锁新人物,交代陈樨、卫嘉、孙见川等人的身世、相识以及过往经历,为后文的“HE结局”(即Happy End,幸福的结局)做好铺垫。

  贴合现实的背景设定容易让读者产生较强的代入感和阅读兴趣,这一点在言情小说中体现得尤其明显。

  《针尖蜜》也在努力将虚构故事“真实化”,陈樨、孙见川都是娱乐圈中人,孙见川的粉丝名叫“川菜”,有的“川菜”会为了这个不熟悉的偶像,一言不合便跟刚刚相识的陈樨吵架。

  但这种人物设定、讲故事的方法,目前似乎并未获得读者的一致认可。叙事节奏安排是争论点之一:前期故事推进相对缓慢,回忆部分有些长;临近结尾,剧情又突然进展很快。

  另外,主要出场人物非美即帅,陈樨、卫嘉出身家庭差异巨大,两人相遇、分手、重逢……依然带着“甜虐文”的影子,展现性格主要靠大段对白。

  事实上,《针尖蜜》在尝试打破言情小说存在的某些套路。书中没有性格完美的角色,每个人物都站在各自的立场上,做着自己彼时认为正确的事。

  年少时,卫嘉喜欢陈樨,但一度选择放弃:因为不知道喜欢一个人能做什么;面对智力不健全的妹妹,最后还是选择担负起照顾她的责任。

  Chen Xi has also changed a lot at different ages: Girls' Generation was quite comfortable, and after entering the entertainment industry, there was a lot of negative news, and finally he really grew up, knew how to cherish, and dared to give love.

  Both of them seem to be a bit "weird" in their personalities.

Xin Yiwu once explained that the purpose of writing this story is to express that two imperfect people can have a good love, and it is this love that makes them better people.

  Indeed, up to now, most of the changes in romance novels are just the way of narration and the outer shell, and the performance of the core issue of "emotion" remains the same as before.

  However, in this era, influenced by Internet culture and other factors, romance novels with urban backgrounds, contractual relationships, sweet pets, sadomasochism, etc. are common elements, and writing is more likely to fall into homogenization routines.

  There is a view that readers of genre literature often prefer to read fixed plot settings and are easy to accept content that conforms to their previous reading and aesthetic habits.

  So, how can online romance novels be written with new ideas?

Perhaps, we still have to start with the three elements of the novel.

  Characters whose behavior conforms to their personality and are recognizable are the core of the novel. The storyline with smooth narrative and self-consistent logic is the structure of the novel, and the reasonable background is the environment in which the story exists.

  A good novel should have a clear theme and be fascinating. As a writer, you should also pay attention to breaking the "routine".

  Well, have you read this book?

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