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The Husky & His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

23 reviews

melizzya's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR SANITY PLEASE TAKE THE TRIGGER WARNINGS SERIOUS!!! This book is no joke. It will leave you traumatized and crying for days but if you manage to pull through it might just change your brain chemistry. It did change mine, as I am still thinking about it 2 years after reading the fan translation (in a positive way). There are very graphic rape scenes so be aware of that, but the story is about SO much more and the ending won't let you down. The age difference between the main couple is

10 years at the beginning of the story with the younger one being 16, but they don't have any sexual interactions during that time and the younger one is pursuing the older one in the end. In my opinion it is not as bad as some people make it out to be.

The author wrote the most tragic scenes (remember: yes, it can and wil always get worse), but will make up for it with comedy and romantic bits that made me want to run up my walls because I want what they have (minus the suffering). If you don't mind the triggers, please do yourself a favor and give Mo Ran and Chu Wanning a chance!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Rape

Moderate: Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Genocide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Suicide

nightstitch96's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Sexual content

elliott_roi's review

3.5

This book... Oh my god, wtf 😅😅😅

The MC is absolutely a terrible person and most of the characters aren't much better (except Shi Mei, bless him). I don't wanna give spoilers, but if you read through the content warnings, you're basically reading a list of the protagonist's misdeeds.

The main plot is that the MC is reborn and has the chance to redo his life, so I'm very curious to see if that's actually possible. Can he go in a better direction? If yes, does that erase his past crimes? How much can truly be forgiven?

I think I would enjoy this story more if the main relationships were more healthy. The plot and themes have kept me very invested, but oh my god, I don't know if I could ever recommend this book because a large part is romance, but it's sooo problematic. The title alone indicates a relationship between a student and teacher (a disciple and master/Shizun), and in this first book, there is such a huge age gap and it's honestly very yikes.

I honestly don't know what to rate this cuz it's awful but also really well-written and I couldn't look away??!? I think I'll give it a 3.5 for now, but that may change. 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Classism and Death of parent

e_len's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Minus half a star because of the pacing, which feels for a western reader sometimes a little it sloggy, mostly because Chinese books are not following a 3 act structure. It's more like taking us on a journey meeting interesting people and seeing interesting places. The western reader then wonders "So what? , but it's all just part of the journey.
That said, I still read this 480 page  book in just a couple of days and fell in love with the really well done characters, despite their cruelty.
Be warned: This book is sometimes really dark.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia

leolizard's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

smg's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Confinement, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death, and Sexual content

aromarrie's review

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

to be written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Death

emberysing's review

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i’ll be honest, i was skeptical at first but it’s actually very good! i enjoyed reading this immensely. i love the humour of the writing, even if a lot of it is over-the-too and reads like it was written on crack, but it has its moments. plus now i finally get why the author’s pen name is what it is! 

i still don’t understand why everyone in the novel acts like chu wanning is the absolute <i>worst</i>, like yeah he’s unsociable and short-tempered but at least he has a strong sense of morality and actually does care for people. so. other thoughts is that mo fan seems to be very emotionally unintelligent. poor guy just can’t seem to understand himself at all. i’m looking forward to reading the second book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Suicide

sunny_bumblebee's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Rape, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Blood

alex_the_birate's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, War, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Vomit