There's alot of character developement for the main character. He is a little timid and shy at the start but he develops as the novel progresses and he becomes more confident. There's a nice balance between comedy and creepy events in this novel which is also nice.

One chapter might describe the nastiest, creepiest thing you could ever imagine whilst the next chapter is just comedy.

I've seen alot of people question and talk about how Zhi Xian acted at the start since his actions are a little weird to Tong Xiaosong. Keep in mind he's a paper person who mostly learnt about the world through Gu Xuan and other students which I guess kind of is the reason for his actions?

Ke Lin's death was really sad but he's living a good life as a ghost atleast!

I also like how this novel shows the consequences of troubling with the supernatural and the explanations of yin and yang!

he's actually a paper man turned into a human. His non-human qualities show themselves sometimes, but he's got a lot of character development, from an ignorant and somewhat violent non human to a law abiding human who follows all the laws (well, most of them)

It has smut but I'm not sure if the author actually knows how it works. At least they tried. Blood is used as lube, but not in the way you'd think. It's ML's blood. I can't — I wheezed so hard when ML just bit his wrist and used his blood as lube because he couldn't think of anything else and he also refused to let the MC feel even a shred of pain. ML is basically baby and that's what he learnt from the memories he got for some other people. Both ML and MC are so freaking cute and adorable together I melt.

the dubcon between MC and ML in the beginning was disturbing but in the end the ML loves and cares for the MC and has always wished for the best for his lover. This definitely does not justify what he did in the beginning but throughout the story and in the end, both are in love with each other and alls forgiven and forgotten.

the MC is terribly bullied in the beginning and throughout the novel he is shown as someone who is not very confident and cannot fight back, although his character does progress throughout the novel. As a person who has been bullied and has seen other people being bullied, let me tell you it is not easy to fight back so suddenly, especially when you have no support or no confidence from any peers or family. So I don't really mind how MC is portrayed because there is some truth to his personality, and its commendable that he did progress unlike a lot of people I know irl.

Not to mention that ML is a mu*dering lunatic who is God knows how much older than MC.

Bullying is bad, the perpetrators obviously needed some serious repercussions, but mu*dering them gruesomely, and then convincing MC, a traumatised teen, that ML did a good thing, is nothing but gaslighting of the worst kind.

He is after all not human. So I guess he’s also a bit weird? Idk. I didn’t quite like how MC first encounters ML.

I felt sad about the Ke Lin arc though. That was really sad when they all cried.

But honestly the weasel getting with his sister??? Had my jaw hitting the FLOOR

they end up died anyway. So we feel relieved without them. Lol 🤣

I'm talking about when ML reveal his identity. They know who to trust.

don't forget about how he was beat, strung out a window overnight, and threatened with force, it wasn't just simple bullying

while there was non/dubious consent in the story MC wasn't that opposed to it when thinking it wasn't OG bullying. When realizing it was the ML the MC did like it

The death of one of them was quite shocking, but helped set the comedic tone.