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remember_achmed's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Abandonment
Moderate: Homophobia and Torture
ssyx's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
very funny all the way through and you can tell it doesn’t take itself too seriously which is refreshing to read. shen qingqiu’s commentary is hilarious.
i really liked shen qingqiu (shen yuan) he’s super funny and cool. his bickering with the system was great.
shen yuan: i read proud immortal demon way for the plot
the plot: luo binghe
okay let’s get into luo binghe. i still don’t really get him idk. i like him i think he’s cool and all but he just didn’t click w me.
something that surprised me about this is i didn’t care for the side characters much (other than shang qinghua and mobei-jun but i’ll get to them later) in mdzs and tgcf i cared a lot about the side characters but not really in this.
before i read this i had heard people talking about shen jiu and how they understood him but i was always like nah i’ll never feel bad for him but damn backstory got hands i would be a bitch to everyone too if i had his upbringing.
okay now to the best part of the novel.
shang qinghua and mobei-jun. idk something about them just did it for me kind of moreso than bingqiu. i wish there were more.
i think with bingqiu i’m a little biased because one: i’ve never been a fan of teacher x student even if they’re both of age and two: i’m not a fan of miscommunication which is like the entire plot lmao.
oh also i wanna talk about the sex scene
i think the ending (excluding the extras) was a little abrupt but i understand why it’s like that it’s just when i got to it i was like damn.
i said a lot in this review and but absolutely don’t get me wrong this was a very fun read and had me laughing out loud quite a lot it’s just my least favorite of the big three mxtx. okay i’m done writing now if i say anymore i’m gonna end up like shen yuan.
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Bullying
illiteratenerd's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Sexism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
heyphaora's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Blood, Abortion, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism
teagstime's review
- 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
4.75
Shen Yuan/Qingqiu is a brilliant unreliable narrator. Pretty much everything he thinks is undermined by his actions (e.g. insisting he thinks of everyone as simply characters in a novel, yet grows to care for them and constantly puts himself in danger for the sake of others)(albeit he still does have many problems recognizing their agency as living people, but that’s another story lmaoo). Any time this man denies having an emotion, which is often, he’s probably having TOO MANY— but we would be none the wiser! Because he’s so good at disassociating from his own body and feelings, he Also thinks he’s telling the truth! It’s concerning! I wanna k word this man so bad (affectionate)
Luo Binghe is also just. So good. This is a man who truly has All The Trauma… The ‘hurt/no comfort’ tag embodied. I feel like he gets misunderstood by a lot of people, which is incredibly upsetting to me, because he is so interesting and tragic and great??
I think this novel also has a really neat relationship w its tropes, because mxtx wrote SVSSS as a commentary on harem/stallion novels and many of the plot devices they- and other things in the romance genre- tend to use, as well as things like transmigration stories, internet trolls/redditor-type dudebros, and male power fantasies in general! There are so many takes and subversions in this book that I just ! Care about so much !! And find so interesting to think about !! For example, with Luo Binghe’s power as the protagonist: unlike your typical male action hero / Shonen protag, he gets severely punished for powering up.
Another aspect I really love (which I’ve seen some hate/uncertainty toward) is Bingqiu’s relationship itself— I guess I can understand if there’s tropes that aren’t your thing, or if there’s dynamics in their relationship you find toxic or unhealthy. However ! Concerning the toxicity/unhealthy parts of their relationship… a lot of it stems from mxtx’s commentary on harem tropes and male power fantasies? Those stories are damaging and gratuitous and horrifying, especially for the love interests, who are often just there to be put in traumatizing situations and papapa’d better… And the all-powerful male protag is often just.. overbearing and entitled and arrogant and creepy. No relationship’s gonna come out of that kind of environment unscathed!
Imo the tragic & horrible parts of their relationship just make the ending so much better?
Anyway! Christ,, , I did not mean to make this a novel on its own OTL I could and would keep talking, but… I will cut myself off lmaooo
TLDR; I care this book a lot
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism
My advice: do NOT read this book without looking at the trigger warnings. There is graphic, disturbing content and it's rated for adults for a reason (the suggested reading age from some stores is literally 22+) !!!!rensreading's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
as for the actual story, it was enjoyable up to a certain point. i mean it was literally a self-insert fic come to life in a novel with the protag going through quite a lot before deciding what he’ll stand by. and that is luo binghe, ladies and gentlethems.
i loved that plot holes were filled and that sqq was such an otaku and the final chapter was sweet but the climax before it was strange enough to kind of sour everything else for me.
fuck the system though lmao
this gets 3.5 stars from me (:
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Homophobia
There is only one sex scene and it is at the climax of the novel and is extremely graphic. It includes dubious consent, body horror, (unknowing) sexual violence, a lot of blood, and what some people (including me) may consider gore.moonmagister's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I personally really enjoyed this novel, despite flaws in plot and translation. I’m looking forward to continuing the official translation in the following months!
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
therakesarecoming's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Torture, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Abandonment
wings_of_black_leather's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture
Minor: Bullying and Death of parent
maride's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
How I can describe this story? Weird possibly is the word for me... because that's how I felt reading the whole story, but not in a bad way of weird ... more like a ´ wtf is going on? This is so cool´ form of weird.
If i need to be honest even when i understood all the story I felt like I was losing something, perhaps was the translation that I read (I am not complaining ... thanks for the translation) or maybe was me that had the mind in the clouds.
I really like the story, was fun to read, specially was new to read for me, I really enjoyed read about Shen qingqiu and all his complaining, I enjoyed so many characters ... Liu Qingge was so far one of my favorites.
Luo Binghe was adorable but excuse me my Spanish Como me sacaba de quicio este pana... but i love him.
I would have love that the author explore more the relationship between Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu (romantically talking) because i felt (maybe again ...I was lost in translation) that the development was so fast (specially the development in Sqq).
The CHANGE between the female characters in the main story and in the Sqq story was so BIG and cool ... 1point for that
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, and Blood