Beware of the Brothers

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Hari, a destitute girl, got adopted by Duke Ernst at 7 years old when she lost her mother, as the Ernsts had themselves lost their youngest daughter Arina and sought Hari due to her resemblance to the late girl. Even though she received all kinds of persecution by the three Ernst sons in 20 years of life at the Ernst estate, she could finally escape that blood-and-tear inducing life when she was about to get married.

But what is this?
When I woke up from my sleep, I’m back to that hellish childhood! Is this a dream?!

Hmph. If I can’t wake up from this dream, I’ll at least live without too much consideration for others now!

Just like that, Hari decided to go astray. Eugene, the “dutiful son” but cold, Cabel, the roughhousing knucklehead, and Erich, the angelic-looking bully and Arina’s twin, all three be damned!

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Beware of the Oppas!
BOTB
Geu Oppadeul-eul Josimhae!
Harley Takes the House
그 오빠들을 조심해!
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SialJoans rated it
June 29, 2021
Status: c57
She doesn't question why her parents died in an accident twice or why her twin was weak and disoriented, or why her usually playful brother was silent, or why the maids were replaced.

She went back in time, yet doesn't try to change her life (or anyone else's).

What's the point of this story?
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iauszu
iauszu rated it
June 22, 2021
Status: --
(I'm not north-american, so my first language is not english okay, please correct me if I made a mistake here) The start was pretty good and I was enjoying it, but after some events I dropped.

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It's uncomfortable that her brother is the ML. I know that they are not blood relatives but still, is really strange for me so I dropped.

I was quite disappointed that Johan isn't the ML, nor the prince. I thought it would be a good story if it was like that, but the way the story moved made me drop it. <<less
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Enxrima
Enxrima
May 1, 2021
Status: c23
Real rating: 3.5 stars

It was a nice, fast and smooth read. Had a little too much of slice of life for my liking (personally do not enjoy slice of life most of the time unless it’s done like in Green Plum Island), but the strength of the novel is the relationship between the characters so I didn’t mind it too much.

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This story has in*est. ML is the oldest brother Eugene. I see many people disliking the in*est. I personally am not bothered by in*est when the people involved are not blood related in novels, so I was definitely fine with the ML. Also, for me, the ML was established very early in the novel. I would even dare say that at the start of the novel it’s already clear that for Hari (the MC) Eugene (the ML) is different from the other 2 brothers she has. So, I don’t think their romance was that big of a surprise, and mostly the main tension of the story seems to be dictated by the brother-sister relationship between our MC and ML. But the tension was resolved very poorly because them being step-siblings didn’t really become any trouble for them to romance it up, at least in the second life.

Heavy spoilers from here on.

In the first life, Hari and Eugene didn’t end up together because they both decided to hide their feelings from each other. So both of them got married to other people. Hari wakes up in her 7-year old body right before her wedding, but it seems the author implied that the first timeline did happen and in that timeline Hari got married to Johannes Bastier.
In the second life, or the second timeline, we have Hari, who has the mentality of an adult so this time around she is able to handle the Ernst family way better and succeeds in making her life at the Ernst mansion not nightmarish and probably even nice to some extend.

I think author did a bad job in trying to show how the Ernst brothers mistreated Hari and why would Hari have such negative feelings to her brothers. I am not saying that the brothers weren’t awful to Hari, but the author tried to make us, readers, believe that somehow Hari and her brothers developed a better relationship in their first lives, and actually cared for each other to the extend that the oldest and youngest brothers liked Hari as a woman, while the second brother got drunk and was crying the day before Hari’s wedding, because he couldn’t believe she grew up that much.

On the other hand, all Hari is thinking before her wedding is how she is finally going to leave Ernst mansion and finally get rid of the “bastards”, who are her brothers. So it kinda doesn’t make sense why she would harbor such strongly negative feelings when the brothers have definitely strongly positive feelings about her.
And then, during flashbacks to the first life, we get to see that Hari actually also loved Eugene as a man, though Hari does say she did not know her own feelings but still some positive feelings did exist in her but those weren’t really shown well at the beginning of the story.

If the author took their time to give a better and developed background for the first life, it would have been easier for the readers to accept the plot of the novel, but because at the start of the novel we got this impression that the brothers are absolute bullies, who bullied Hari for the whole time she lived in Ernst mansion, which is a full 20 freaking years, it’s hard to accept that these brothers could change for better or that Hari could stay in that mansion out of her own volition.

However, the truth is that the Ernst family was already very broken before Hari came, so the brothers had a very bad and rebellious phase which was further worsened by Hari’s appearance in the family. The brothers are really young when Hari first comes to their family as the adopted daughter (Eugene 12, Cabel 9, Erich 7), and these kids naturally think that their parents brought Hari as their dead sister’s substitute, which will of course feel awful for children that young. And then the real problem comes from the Ernst parents, especially Duchess of Ernst. She is psychologically not stable and isn’t able to be there for her sons. But the sons are so young, and they need their mother’s love, especially at such tender age and even more so after such a tragedy. But their mother is not able to provide much motherly love and support because of her own condition, and the Duke of Ernst is busy taking care of the whole family, his wife, and trying to protect his family, that he cannot also properly give love and support to his sons as a father figure. In such unfortunate situation, a child comes to their house all of a sudden and their parents are saying she is their new sister from now on, and the young sons see that their parents are doting on her and only have attention on her. It’s natural that the kids will get jealous and will do nasty things to get attention anyway possible.
So Hari does understand and see this situation clearly, with her 27-year-old lady’s mind when she comes back to her 7-year-old self. Of course, Hari also didn’t deserve any of the horror and torment she went through and she also understands that very clearly. So she actually behaves like someone who clearly understood that the little boys are behaving the way they are behaving because of immense trauma and stress they are going through, and she also understands that that doesn’t mean she has to silently receive abuse and torment from them. Instead, she actually starts integrating into the family by actually standing for herself and letting the brothers know when they do wrong. She also sees clearly through what every individual brother is going through, and as an adult that she is, tries to do whatever she can to help them.
I see some reviews saying that they cannot understand why Hari stayed or that she has no backbone, but I don’t think that’s true. Hari stayed in Ernst because she wanted to. She could have left anytime she wanted, but let’s be honest, who would want to leave a warm bed and warm food and clean clothes behind just to leave on streets, especially when they are only 7 years old. It doesn’t matter if her mind is 27, because her body is still 7 years old and there are too many things that she can’t and shouldn’t be doing on her own. And it’s obviously too dangerous to just go back to the streets. It’s also even more absurd to leave the Ernst family, when she clearly starts adapting way better to the Ernst family and the atmosphere is changing quite fast. Why should she leave when she is finally starting to get the familial love that she wanted so much for 2 lives? If she left the Ernst family, now that would be the s*upid thing to do. And I also think, that the fact that the author did not build well the first life and did not write well the characters of brothers and Hari in the first life, that it made hard for some readers to accept the brothers and their change for better. So that’s more on the author rather than the brothers themselves.

And lastly, probably one of the biggest issues people will find with this novel - the in*est. So it is in*est, and I can understand why people would feel uncomfortable about it. I was also uncomfortable when reading as I saw how the author was building up their relationship. Author did a really good job at building up the tension and it really felt like a taboo love, and made me anxious to see how they would resolve this problem of them being siblings but also in love. I really thought that Hari and Eugene, in order to get together, will probably face an almost destruction of the family that they have finally built after much struggle. And it would have been really nice if the author kept with the tension and showed more consequences of Hari and Eugene being in love and deciding to actually fight for their love. But unfortunately that wasn’t the case, and the author really turned their taboo love into a non-problem, because they are not blood-related and because inbreeding in royal and noble families is a common thing that happens. I was disappointed though such resolution of the main problem did make it easier to read the story since there was not much drama or hardships that Hari and Eugene had to go through, but there was just not enough satisfaction because of such cheap and easy resolution.

Overall, I think if the author actually built the first life better and gave more depth and understanding for their first life and the troubles that Hari faced in her first life, the story would have been way better. Especially, because in the first life Eugene and Hari weren’t able to get together because of their fear of destroying their family and trying to protect each other and the ones they love. And Hari was able to go back in time, because Eugene wished Hari would live the happiest life and get the love of the person she loves. So if the author wrote and portrayed more the tragedy of the first life, and then gave more weight to the in*est and the taboo feelings of the MC and ML, and made them face hard consequences because of their love, this story would have been truly a 5 star novel.

There is a lot of potential for this story, and I hope I can find another story with similar premise but done better. However, for now, this story is good enough and the blanks can be filled by the readers.

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I read Pioky’s translation which was a little better than MTL, so this might have taken away from my reading experience. Beware of that.

I really like the premise of the story, and think the connection between the 2 lives that the MC lives through is quite crucial for the story (though the author wasn’t able to write it well). I also don’t mind the love interest at all, because their love is what actually pushes the plot and is the driving force of the novel, and I wasn’t mad at that. Actually, thought that their love was quite natural and was bound to happen one way or other.

Author had great ideas and premises, but not so great writing. Recommended if you would like a nice, drama-less, slice-of-life story. <<less
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bakarutt
bakarutt rated it
March 6, 2021
Status: --
I had high hopes for this novel after reading "Suddenly Became a Princess One Day", but I was sorely disappointed.

It didn't have the humor seen in Suddenly Became a Princess (or at least, I didn't find it fun). The characters were interesting, but it was all kind of lost in the narrative. I don't know what happened, but I found the story itself quite boring.
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rndmsmmrflng rated it
February 14, 2021
Status: Completed
I'm glad it's not another revenge story after rebirth. Now that I have finished reading the whole story I think I misunderstood Hari and her brothers' relationship in her first life. The way the earlier chapters were worded, it kind of appeared to me that they didn't really get along well or that they didn't have a good relationship with each other. But based on the side stories and few glimpses of Hari's prev life, you can see that the brothers were over protective even then but they made it... more>> appear as a secret especially Cabel (which is futile btw lol).

I've read prev reviews about the issue of 'in*est' but I don't think so. If it was Cabel I'd think it's in*est HAHAHAHA but fortunately it's Eugene (it's not really a spoiler at this point). And Hari is an adopted daughter. In that kind of era and culture it is not really weird or disgusting to have your adopted daughter marry your own sibling. It sounds bad but some noble families adopt someone for that same reason. (Example of this is Rozemyne from Ascendance of a bookworm, other than her huge mana she's also adopted to be Wilfred's wife).

My favorite character is of course Cabel. His kiddie era was annoying but his character development and how he turned out to be a siscon was hilarious. He always brightens up the mood and flow of the story even though he's also the cause of interruptions.

For some reason I can't seem to forget this part ⬇️ even though they're all depressed and messed up

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that time when their parents died broke my heart especially for Eugene. How Hari handled that time really moved me. She might not have done major things in other people's perspective but really, she's one of the major reason why they didn't collapse entirely. She held everyone there and continued to support the brothers in her own way even if she have to do it secretly and the constant beatings of that b*tch.

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Anyway, overall it was a satisfying read. It's funny and heartwarming. It's not disgusting, believe me. <<less
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ReinaJessa10
ReinaJessa10 rated it
February 7, 2021
Status: ss23
I just love this novel/manhwa. It is a breath of fresh air compared to other rebirth plots. There is no revenge or anger in the part of the main character but a review of her life from the past that she somehow missed. And since she was able to see the events that happened in her life in the past in a mature light, she was able to obtain the happiness that she kinda missed on in her past life.

Other than the plot, I love the characters. From Hari to... more>> her three brothers. I really do ship Hari with Eugene, even though people find it weird. I just find them having more spark and their relationship when they were apart was not that of siblings. Even in their past life, I don't think Eugene or Hari actually think of each other as such. They were kinda like siblings but in name only. <<less
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Memelu
Memelu rated it
January 31, 2021
Status: Completed
It was such a nice story. Lovely. I don’t know why you people rated it lower than five when it touched every internal organs that I have other than my hearth.
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AkaneSS
AkaneSS rated it
December 14, 2020
Status: --
Only wanted to say that the concept of in*est is not the case as the MC is adopted. YES the brothers try to accept her but not as her dead sister as may the couple imply at first as they adopt Hari the MC, but not the brothers. Many times it is said and repeated that Hari won't replace their dead sister despite of their similarities with their late sister, not because of her origin but because of their parents. The parents had decided to adopt Hari because of the... more>> pain they had and when the first time, they saw her, they did confuse her (MC) with their late daughter and so when Hari arrived, the brother perceived it as the parents tried to integrate a stranger in their home full of pain to replace the missing piece of the happy family.

While the contradiction may occur when the brothers change their views, stop with the prejudice against her, try to accept her as family and a little sister more of the family and although it changes into something more, it is transitioned as love between childhood friends, love between children of similar ages or you may take it as the adoption gave an opportunity for them to meet but not necessarily fall in love. Titles of mother, father, sister or brother are signs of connections and not kinship as it can change to Sister in law, Stepmother and in this case they call her sister but in reality is more close to stepsister. The reasons of why not calling her stepsister well... the parents were one, as calling her with that title can be a sign of alienation and despise when they (the parents) considered her their daughter (one way or another) adn intended to be her family. <<less
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Ariary
Ariary rated it
December 2, 2020
Status: --
It's a really worthy novel. Really good, so I wanna give 4.5 stars. I read the manhwa first, and I cried. 😭😭

Especially after their parents' death arch. The feels.. ugh... It really hits me hard. Two thumbs for the author. 👍👍
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ariekey
ariekey rated it
June 14, 2020
Status: c1
Again another Nirellav's translation. Thank you soooo much. And this is very good. I they've the same timeline with 'who made me a primcess' Which is why its more interesting.
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FreyjaVanadis
FreyjaVanadis rated it
June 6, 2023
Status: Completed
Unpopular opinion - this incredibly slow burn romance is actually exceptionally well written in regards to trauma and how it affects people and, by definition, NOT in*est. It was actually incredibly common in Europe and India (that I know of) for noble couples who were engaged to be raised together to strengthen family alliances - Hari is adopted and Arina is their sister who passed away. Hari is incredibly twisted mentally because of her original childhood and feels that she can't trust Eugene, Cabel, and Erich with anything because of... more>> their lashing out and blaming her in their grief - and the readers might also have been clueless about what was really going on under the surface without the chapters from the brothers' POV (looking at you "stealing" candy, Ernst). Grief is a funny thing, and it affects everyone differently. The reactions to the death of Arina and their parents scarred the brothers badly, and in the OG timeline they labelled Hari an outsider and took it out on her. In the second timeline, Hari is considered integral to their family structure and is mourning the death of their parents with them, and also helping stabilize and help them work through their emotions as a group instead of being cut off from each other by their relatives' efforts. This is a very slow novel, but the events are significant - lots of little clues scattered everywhere that don't make sense until much later.

If you like psychological stories with layer upon layer about the human psyche, then this is a great book. It's kind of a slog though, and there aren't very many "action" scenes, and the romance is subdued, without a lot of tension. I LOVED the friendship between Hari and the Bastier family - they're such a wonderful break from the angst of recovering from the death of family, and honestly it reminded me of my own family friends who I called aunts and uncles from my childhood. I'm going to quote another reviewer, laexdream, because it very nicely encapsulates that whole work - "t’s not about fast-paced, unrealistic interactions with people, but about meaningful conversations, and looking past your prejudices and judgements to see others from their point of view." <<less
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Rowan_288
Rowan_288 rated it
September 1, 2022
Status: Completed
Will always be one of my favorites. Obviously it advertises it in big letters that this is fake in*est (not really blood related but growing up as if they were) so if thats not your cup of tea just skip it. There are people if the world who are into this genre but skip this book entirely because of negative reviews of people who DONT reas the tags
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Pearlybts
Pearlybts rated it
January 18, 2022
Status: c100
The only downside to this is Eugene being the ML.. What was the need to do that and ruin our emotions TT like seriously.. Johan would've been the best pair up for Hari.. Why in*est! Whyy?? Adopted sister is still sister gahhhhh.. The bond they had from childhood, it's a pure sis and bro relationship and u had to ruin that. Tsk
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daedaedae
daedaedae
August 18, 2022
Status: --
had to read this outside of the original translator's website. It was just painful to read the font choice. Not only was it on the lighter side of grey, it was also thin so my eyes hurt reading, I am sorry but I just had to read elsewhere.

anyway, in*est!

should have expected it but when I first read the manhwa it was still unfinished so I was still around the lovely family bonding period and was unaware of the in*est! Yeah, stepbro (i mean adopted bro).

reading the novel was kinda boring.... more>> The manhwa had the advantage of being pretty but the novel was just a snoozefest.

yeah, should add this to my list of never reading ever again. <<less
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auhchan
auhchan rated it
July 28, 2021
Status: ss
I really recommend this one. All characters, FL, MC and the brothers are lovely and deep. It’s charming, hilarious and heart warming!
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xxxyoshino
xxxyoshino
June 5, 2021
Status: c128
It was quite fairly a good and fluffy story.

For me, the novel was written quite well with enough drama, fluffiness, and comic relief. The author also laid out well the themes it presented really well and I loved picking out the details all through out.

It's quite a light read and the main themes of this is internal struggle with who the characters fell in love and when starting such relationship, as well as some power struggle in society. As for the former main theme I think the author built it... more>> well all throughout the whole novel. Why and how?

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Firstly, from the get go it was already hinted who the male lead will be, well at least I believe they were hints such as Eugene not letting Hari marry till, relatively, very late and how he did not want to send her off the aisle. It is also a matter how much he delayed his previous marriage though it was only revealed midway.

Hari was also not formally adopted as I believe. As far as I know, she was later on referred to as a foster child within the Earnst. Also in their current life they were separated and the leads only get to spent 1 and half year together in childhood and within that year and a half, Hari was bullied by Eugene and the brothers for a year I think. The author even wrote how she actually lived more in the Bastier than in Earnst.

Also both Eugene and Erich never treated her as a sister. And I believe Eugene didn't either in the previous life based on Hari's recollections of the other life where Eugene seems to be in love with her. In their childhood, it can also be seen how there were times when Eugene seemed infatuated with Hari, wherein he would suddenly just stare at her or be speechless whenever she gets near him. Yeah it may not be much but I feel like the author is already establishing here how deep within Eugene was already having a crush on Hari but was masked by hatred with her being a replacement for Arina and all. Also I believe if Eugene really did treat her as a sister, then he wouldn't have a problem meeting her personally within the 6 years they were apart, like Erich and Cabel who were able to go back to their home. Well there are many ways the author built up the story to show how Eugene slowly fell or hiddenly had feelings for Hari.

With why she calls them brother (e.g. Brother Eugene) I believe she refers to them as oppa in the original text, and oppa is used in any young men who is older than the person, not exclusively towards one's brother. She also frequently refers to them as the brothers, the second brother, the third brother. Erich also frequently refers to Cabel or Eugene as 'my brothers' when talking to Hari even when they have grown old.

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Njtrisha
Njtrisha rated it
May 23, 2021
Status: --
I was really interested in this novel, and I also liked reading it at first but I can't continue because of the translation, it almost seemed like mtl to me so I am stopping in the middle but I liked the story how much I've read
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Xanee
Xanee rated it
March 24, 2021
Status: Completed
The story is really actually good. Although the plot isn't that many but it's still worth to read. I like the fact that every character has their own side story. I know this sounds cliché but that what I really want to say.

I'd like to warn those who can easily get triggered by in*est vibe not to read this. Somehow you probably will just complaining the whole time while reading the story although none of them are blood related.

Kudos to the translation team for translating this novel. I truly enjoyed... more>> it. Thanks! <<less
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Brasdf
Brasdf rated it
March 9, 2021
Status: Completed
If the story was better translated I might have rated it higher. There are two translators for the series, but neither of them is good. You will get the gist of the story, but no nuance. Kudos for the effort though. I alternated a bit and overall I think Plooky is better.

The story is not amazing, but quite nice. It isn’t entirely a cliche, with some decent twists on the usual formula, though some of the twists go nowhere and are bizarre and highly disturbing if you think about them,... more>> see major spoilers below.

I don’t mean the “in*est”. in*est wise, I would say it doesn’t really exist here, though (minor spoiler) :

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it is a bit creepy the MC keeps calling Eugene “Brother” both in private and public even after they become a couple. The explanation it is “less embarrassing“ is bonkers.

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Major spoilers

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a. There was a dark twist where it was revealed the mother was mentally unstable and was actually poisoning the ML for unclear reasons. Much worse though, the Duke was fine with it. He wasn’t actively participating, but didn’t want to inconvenience his mad wife just because it would kill the adopted daughter he supposedly “loved”.

b. This was resolved via a single off screen conversation between the 12 year old Eugene and his horrible parents. This makes it somehow worse. Kudos to Eugene I guess.

c. All of this is later ignored and the parents become “great” and the MC never learns of this... presumably she only survived the first time because someone killed her parents before they were done poisoning her. This whole happy ending story is made possible by the fact someone mu*dered her insane parents. Just think about it.

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Alice Arisu
Alice Arisu rated it
February 24, 2021
Status: Completed
Happy with the ending and story/character developments. It was a good read for me. Lots of people are upset with the borderline in*est, but it's not even close to what they think. The only thing Hari has in common with the sister is the silver hair. After the parents passed, which was 1 or 2 years, the brothers were busy with coping and their own lives, they didn't do much for Hari and they lived at the academy. It was only in the 2nd life that she was able to... more>> interact somewhat like a family without thinking the brothers are evil, while they were still kids.

Everything was concluded and we get to find out why she traveled into the past, and the reason is so cute and lovely! Clearly the brothers were annoying but she didn't hate them and wasn't looking for revenge. She was just trying to relive her life and understand her brothers and why they bullied her, which was because they were kids and couldn't cope with their parents who dotted on this strange orphan girl who had silver hair, the parents tried to replace their beloved sister and they just couldn't deal with it.

Hope we get a story for the other relationships and Johannes! <<less
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