Reviews with content warning for Death - The Husky & His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1

I've only read the first book and I'm already loving this series. I fell in love with Mo Ran immediately. Is this what love at first sight feels like? He's such a funny character, and honestly we vibe so hard. All the characters are fantastic. Their personalities shine through in their interactions with one another. It's very easy to love them all. At first I found myself shipping Mo Ran and Shi Mei, and while I still ship them it has become easier to root for his Shizun.

The plot is interesting so far. I'm very curious to see where things go from here and I can't wait to untangle the mystery that is being laid out. I'll have to buy the next book ASAP since my library doesn't have it. (There's always inter-library loans but I like to read digital.)

This is definitely a series I want to have in my personal collection.

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babu77's review against another edition

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4.25

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sagenguyen's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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crunch1009's review against another edition

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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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dragon_lord's review against another edition

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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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paradicsomleves's review

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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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rhiaintheclouds's review

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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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