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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

26 reviews

kiriikiri's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content

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

paradicsomleves's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

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

steph_weigle's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Child abuse, Grief, Suicide, Blood, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

_persephone's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Physical abuse and Grief

keddy4306's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense 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

In both this lifetime and the last, Shi Mei's wontons were Mo Ran's favourite dish.

(page 90)

I'm salty. 

"Does he need someone to make him mad? He can even get mad at himself. The guy's probably made of wood - he catches fire at the slightest spark."

(page 268)

Mo Ran might be on to something here. 

Mo Ran stared. What was he going to do about this person's habit of throwing off his covers in his sleep?
So that he wouldn't be a dog,  the sixteen-year-old Emperor Taxian-Jun, with all his integrity and moral backbone, walked out. He would not go back on his word. He absolutely would not go back through that door again!
So, after awhile, the brilliant and powerful emperor vaulted into the room through the window instead.

(page 340)

I'm getting whiplash from crying, turning the page and immediately laughing.

Ah! Jiangui: What the Hell. The holy weapon "Ah! What the Hell?!"

(page 423)

I had completely forgotten he named his

holy weapon

this. It's giving "Suibian".

Ridiculous! It wasn't like wanting to bed someone was the same as liking them!

(page 432)

I love how tsundere they both are sometimes.

"What does he want with me?" Mo Ran laughed dryly. "I'm just some dumbass."
"I've never met a dumbass who could cultivate a core within one year, " Chu Wanning replied.

(page 440)

THE WAY THAT I BAWLED.

"Shi Mei, actually, I've always liked you. Do you...?"
A pair of bloodstained hands caught him as he fell into Shi Mei's arms. He didn't know if he was seeing things, but Shi Mei's thin eyebrows were drawn together as he slowly closed his eyes, and a glistening wetness seemed to slide slowly down that face. He seemed to hear Shi Mei softly whisper, "Me too."
Mo Ran's breath caught. He had to be seeing things. Why else would Shi Mei look so miserable as he answered?
"I also... like you."

(page 479)

HOW DARE THEY END VOLUME 1 HERE. 

Okay so this is a reread and I am possibly more emotionally devastated than I originally was. The Seven seas translation is so much better than the Google doc I had read before, danmei fans are eating good. 

Cry count: 6? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

zhanghao's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Grief, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

nerdbob's review

funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

God... big misunderstanding as the ending is crazy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, and Blood