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hanaearita's review

5.0
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amilliknives's review

3.0

Okay I’m sick truly. You drag out this “secret” and you torture my poor boys with He Yus flare ups assaulting poor heartless dr and then CLIFF HANG ME? Oh nah I don’t play that. I’m reading a shit unofficial translation to finish this. Bet.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emily613's review

3.75
dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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vivienthusiast's review

3.0

He Yu pissed me off this whole volume. It kind of felt like a cycle the two characters got into kept repeating. However, the end of this volume really got me interested again and I cannot wait to read the next part
challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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stacieladams21's review

5.0

No content spoilers but emotional spoilers 😬. Zero happiness. Absolute brutal novel for me to read. I know hurt people hurt people but damn, He Yu. 

91% mark- the plot started back and I am all in again. But this is by far my least enjoyable volume solely because there was no relief from the  harshness between He Yu and Xie Qingcheng. 

I know I don't have to tell anyone who's read this far to check the TW because you probably already know Meatbun as an author 😬.  

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I still am not okay with the SA that happened at the end of vol 2 and multiple times in this book as well. I know XQ technically "aquiesced/compromised" but it still feels ick. I will definitely continue reading to see what happens or is revealed that hopefully makes me feel better about them as a couple. Seven more volumes to go and I'm told chapter 102 will change my feelings so 🤞🏻. 

The last chapter had me crying but I'm infuriated at how SS ended it on a cliffhanger. So little reward after such a negative feeling evoking volume. 

**I'm in my feelings right now and might edit this review later**

reading volume 1 i was like “i don’t really care about the plot” but reading this one i was like “hey can we please get back to the plot”