Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun (2HA) #1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

25 reviews

abiz222's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

I love this series so much I’ve read all the books out currently and they just keep getting better. Overall if you’re ok with the TW then this is a great read but if not this book is not for you because it’s pretty graphic with many things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Blood

flora_nora's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Gore, Suicide, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

haileybubs's review against another edition

These characters are just such terrible people in a way that cannot be redeemed, coming from a big fan of mdzs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

cizu's review against another edition

The author lost track of the characters personality and goals. A lot of potential that is fully missed for fast-paced love and sex scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

lavender_melancholy's review against another edition

The main character sucks. He's a narcissistic ass who would forcefully kiss the "love" of his life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault

rhiangalaxy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Definitely not for the light-hearted as a depicts a very toxic relationship dynamic compared to other danmei, as well as blurred lines regarding age and non-con dynamics. Which can be surprising and off-putting if you're unaware of it going in (that's on me for not researching prior lol, only having heard good things from people who've read the other danmeis I've read). I've heard that this series is one of the series in danmei where you have to trust the process, but it is still a very dark romance regardless.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

It was hard to decide what fit for this sort of warning but I feel like this is important to know if you wish to read, but beware this warning contains spoilers.

It is stated that Chu Wanning has feelings for Mo Ran, whom while currently mentally over 30 (unbeknownst to CW), is still 15 at this point. Which for modern sensibilities can be a bit rough even though in the historical context 15 is of age (even I found myself uncomfortable over it, but was told to trust the process) . However, besides kissing (all of which were not initiated by CW and usually due to illusions) CW has not approached MR in any sexual or romantic context as of book one. And feels ashamed and disgusted by his own feelings. So it is up to you whether that can be a deal breaker

mal_eficent's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

As volume 1 of 11, I didn't expect this to be tie any ends or progress the plot and it really didn't. The character development was all over the place, the way characters reacted to and pursued events didn't really make sense, and a lot of the internal monologue gave me whiplash. That said - it's a very enjoyable, chaotic mess of a book. 

Yes, the romance is dark. Yes, the characters are dark and violent. Despite that, it's a very funny story (even though as an English reader I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot of jokes) and I enjoyed the characters enough to stick with it.

Do keep the trigger warnings in mind - there's violence and sex from the first chapters onwards, and while the descriptions aren't incredibly graphic there are a lot of detailed descriptions/mentions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

anniereads221's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Murder

kpewitt's review against another edition

Couldn’t get behind Mo Ran as a character and I’m not a fan of

Chu Wanning having feelings for him that young.

I just don’t think this book is for me and that’s ok.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Violence

rouyourboat's review against another edition

I found the translations too poor, and the content too unsuitable. It was very very triggering, which made the jokes come off wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail