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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

16 reviews

miss_who's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Torture

Minor: Suicide and Adult/minor relationship

crunch1009's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A very fun, dark, and interesting read. The characters relationships are pretty complicated, and at times make you want to scream out of frustration.

The MC at the beginning is a complete bastard, but overtime you can see how he is changing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Gore, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

dragon_lord's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I was unsure about this book when I first picked it up. I found the main character to be stuck-up, self-centered, and, quite frankly, an asshole. However, the magnificent writing and wonderfully handled character arcs quickly won me over. Within a few hundred pages, Mo Ran went from being insufferable to one of my favorite characters of all time.
Volume One of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun is a perfect introduction to the series, giving readers a perfect snapshot into the character and plot arcs that follow it. Despite clearly introducing its main character as what any reasonable person would consider to be an irredeemable tyrant in the first chapter, the story still forces the reader to empathize with Mo Ran to the point where they have more faith in him than he does in himself. 
Throughout the series, his many crimes are not shied away from, but rather are embraced, using the complexity they create to ask thought-provoking questions on the nature of redemption— who deserves it, who can achieve it, and when a person can truly be considered redeemed— and intersperses them with commentary on accountability, the assumptions we make about other people, and the black-and-white nature of the criminal justice system. However, because it tackles these topics head-on, the trigger warnings are no joke. The series contains numerous graphic depictions of torture, death, and rape. If you think that you can handle that, then the story is more than worth it.
Husky has to be my favorite book series of all time. Beneath all of the darkness and tragedy is one of the greatest depictions of moral grayness that I have ever seen, a captivating world, and deep characters, all wrapped inside beautiful prose. One of only three books (at time of writing) to ever make me cry, Husky will grab onto your heart and refuse to let go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Torture, and Blood

rhiaintheclouds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

honestly this too me a while to get into, i struggled with the way it was written at first and it was difficult bc

rooting for the villain as the main character was so hard & even throughout i couldn't help but be annoyed the ML, especially once we saw even more of the person that he hated.

🫠 I love the characters so much, like so damn much especially Chu Wanning. Like i cannot, this man will forever have my heart. i didn't rlly see any issues with the book & i loved the story so it's 4.75 bumped up to a 5 bc of enjoyment purposes. I couldn't put the book down tbh😭

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, Death, and Toxic relationship

lunarisera's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Torture, Gore, Murder, and Sexual content

willowtree222's review

dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

If you consider this series, heed the warning tags 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Murder, Blood, Toxic relationship, War, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

Moderate: Trafficking, Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Genocide

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

It’s all just hella complicated

cammaleahh's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Homophobia and Death of parent

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

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

icescreamstand's review

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape