Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

黄金台 (Golden Stage) by 苍梧宾白 (Cang Wu Bin Bai)

4 reviews

listette's review

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

10/10 characters
8/10 plot

I have always the same issue with romance books: they don’t have enough in-depth characters. Everything circles around the main leads. With such length, there can be compelling sub-plots that don’t take away from the main story. 
I like how in this story we got, at least, a glimpse to other characters and their complex relationships (Prince Su and Fu Tingxin anyone). 
Golden Terrace subverted tropes a little and I enjoyed it immensely. There is often the ridiculous babygirling of adult men in mm romance and I absolutely hate it. Fu Shen and Yan Xiaohan’s relationship and characterizations were a bit more in-depth than that. It is nice to read every once in a while how both leads take equally care of each other and embrace their nontoxic masculinity. 

A million points for the fade to black sex scenes! Nothing pleases me more than not needing to skim through useless thrusting and groaning. 

The ending is really confusing, though. Or there is a part of it

Retired Emperor’s edict

So confusing and I ponder but I don’t understand their literal meaning. 

All in all a great, comforting read with a ton of historical battle tactics and noble men being dicks! 

P.S. 10000/10 to the translation! It is a work of art 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, and Torture

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

rafacolog's review

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, and Torture

karambit's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Infertility, Miscarriage, Torture, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

furthestaway's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i love this book more than i love myself, seriously. it's my comfort book, i have read this three times alone in 2021. it's mainly focused on the relationship and the developments, then the plot, the characters themselves d not change much. yanfu best husbands

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Ableism and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide attempt

the suicide attempt is stopped before it can happen, it's non graphic and made under special cicrcumstances

yan xiaohan attempts to stab himself when he's accidentally drugged with sex drug when he thinks someone else found him but it's just his husband it's coolio