What is a transformation novel?

The so-called "transformation novel" is characterized by the fact that the protagonist of the novel changes gender due to some chance. Qidian.com, a well-known original literary website in China, recently launched the "Transformation Novels" special topic, including ten novels such as "Transfiguration Love", "Three Thousand Years", "Am I Not a Boy", and "The Candidate Saint". After the launch of the special topic It sparked a strong response online.

Transfiguration novels are a very good fusion agent. The emergence of transformation novels is a major feature of Qidian. It is suitable for both men to read and women to appreciate. Wonderful and bizarre storylines can satisfy the reading tastes of male readers - for example, "The Candidate Saint" by Little Sheep under the Moon tells an extremely lively and lively story of adventure in another world from a humorous and interesting perspective; and the delicate psychology The portrayal can also be loved by female readers - such as Bu Yinzhen's "Ta Ge Xing", and Xuan Anyi's "The Book of Daughters", which describe the character's psychology of having to change after gender change, which is reasonable and touching... …

Psychological activities are almost the biggest highlight of all transformation novels, and they are also the biggest difficulty. "When a man becomes a woman, he should first feel disbelief and hesitation, then avoidance and self-denial, and finally helpless acceptance, and this process often occurs repeatedly. It is really difficult to perfectly demonstrate this psychological process. It’s difficult, and many novels are too general, or appear to be blunt and unconvincing.”

However, readers have mixed opinions on transformation novels. A netizen named SMOP0 said that the plot of this kind of novel is very interesting, but the current works are not successful in describing psychological transformation. Netizen Xiaotian Magister expressed strong dissatisfaction with this kind of novel: "Don't you think transformation novels are really perverted? It's disgusting! I personally think that people who write this kind of books and like to read this kind of books must have some psychological problems. Question! You should see a psychiatrist when you have time!"