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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

17 reviews

rmgmorrow's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Slavery, Genocide, Rape, Toxic relationship, Grief, Violence, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Death

zhanghao's review

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

dragonaion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

This is my first time reading such a story, and while not what I expected I definitely enjoyed turning each page. There are definitely adult themes in the story, it is maybe teenager friendly, but the story was otherwise engaging; rich in mythos, the story has the characters in a world that can easily confuse the reader if they are not somewhat familiar with the mythology. The romance itself seemed to fall a little flat, so I won't be grabbing the sequel, but that may be the norm for this series and simply doesn't jive with me.

Definitely an interesting and enjoyable read, I would recommend getting a physical copy of the book so you can enjoy the artwork within!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Classism, Blood, Violence, and Death

Minor: Murder, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia

The scenes with the children are early in the book and, while short and brief, are graphic.

8bitretrofit's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Mo Ran is a moron and Chu Wanning is probably one of the most tragic characters I have read. Half the time, I don't know whether to laugh or cry and I love it so much. 

It is dark though, so if you have trouble with certain topics, heed the trigger warnings list.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Gore

melizzya's review against another edition

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

Spoiler

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

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