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BL Collection: Dropped/Stopped, Personally Reviewed and Rated

* have not reviewed some coz of IRL time constraints

BL novels that I have dropped or stopped reading due to them either being too boring, repetitive, triggering or not really worth completing in my personal opinion. It could also be coz I don’t have the ability to appreciate at the moment or I was just not in the needed space to enjoy them.

I’ve still rated them on writing style and plot, also translations of these are all quite good.

I may revisit reading them or may not... (I’ve indicated the likeliness of picking up novels again)

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Created: Dec 14th, 2020, Updated: Dec 5th, 2023

Created Dec 14th, 2020

Updated Dec 5th, 2023

CN (4.6)

#1Seizing Dreams

0 Chapters Every 1907 Day(s) 8238 Readers 91 Reviews 03-02-2019

Completed Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Mature Mystery Psychological Romance School Life Slice of Life Supernatural Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- Paused reading at chapter 103.1. This is a great story, realistic and with very interesting side characters. I just sort of lost interest with all the dreamscapes. It’s also hyped excessively but in my opinion some concepts are not explained as well as they potentially could be. ... more>>

CN (4.6)

#2You Boys Play Games Very Well

30 Chapters Every 128.2 Day(s) 8897 Readers 152 Reviews 03-16-2019

Completed Comedy Romance Shounen Ai Slice of Life Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- I actually liked the characters of this novel a lot but the gaming terminology and constant storytelling of them gaming is really not something I enjoy. ... more>>

CN (4.6)

#3Surprise! The Supposed Talent Show Was Actually–?!

340 Chapters Every 84.8 Day(s) 9089 Readers 145 Reviews 12-09-2020

Completed Action Adventure Comedy Mystery Psychological Sci-fi Shounen Ai Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- Stopped at chapter 175.2. ... more>>

CN (4.6)

#4Mr. Melancholy Wants to Live a Peaceful Life

128 Chapters Every 86.5 Day(s) 8677 Readers 133 Reviews 11-12-2020

Completed Action Comedy Fantasy Romance Shounen Ai Supernatural

Rating: 4/5- Great premise and I think this might actually be a great read, but I just can’t seem to get into it. ... more>>

CN (4.3)

#5After Our Divorce, I Still Wore Your Jacket

58 Chapters Every 6.6 Day(s) 3953 Readers 62 Reviews 05-20-2024

Drama Romance Slice of Life Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- I dropped this around chapter 50. I usually love angst, but this was not angst- it really was not my type of book but I commend the skilful writing and passably likeable characters. Also excellent translation, CG is truly my favorite set of translators!... more>>

I don’t think this book was written for a reader like me. The pacing was so frustrating and illogical but I tried so hard to persevere because I’d enjoyed the author’s previous work “Tattoo”, but it felt like I was clawing out my own eyes as each chapter passed.

Eventually I started skimming through chapters because for the life of me, I could not understand why the author would leave the reason for their divorce towards the end of the book. Perhaps some people like being led by the nose but it made everything feel really anti-climactic when the MC boldly announces he will pursue the ML, only to make you think was there really ever a need for him to do so?

The reason for this divorce was plain spite and honestly there was no need for the MC to try to emphatically win over the ML because the ML insisted on doing what he did even when the MC stated clearly that he didn’t want to divorce.

In my opinion to plainly hurt a person for making a mistake by using divorce as punishment, is cruel. The ML clearly intended on hurting the MC the entire time simply because the MC did what he always did- spoke before thinking. After realising the reason for the divorce I didn’t feel the need to finish this book.

Maybe because I’m a child of divorced parents, to see someone do this to another person because they were upset and being spiteful and because there were problems that they didn’t bother to work through first; I eventually felt that this story made divorce look like a joke to this couple. As a means of punishment because the dynamics of a relationship were changing.

I couldn’t continue after feeling that way. I’m not really disappointed with the book, the author writes beautifully, but this story became a trigger for me emotionally and I didn’t want to delve into that. If people don’t have qualms or personal attachments to divorce then you may feel differently when reading this book- but it was a big no for me.

Won’t be picking this up again for my own emotional sanity. <<less

CN (4.1)

#6Vanguard of the Eternal Night

161 Chapters Every 88.9 Day(s) 6048 Readers 49 Reviews 11-11-2020

Completed Action Comedy Fantasy Romance Sci-fi Shounen Ai Sports Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- So this is not a terrible novel, it’s just incredibly repetitive and there’s not much to it. ... more>>

CN (4)

#7Runaway Guide

94 Chapters Every 102.4 Day(s) 6917 Readers 65 Reviews 06-20-2020

Completed Mecha Romance School Life Sci-fi Shounen Ai Slice of Life

Rating: 3/5- Very interesting premise but I just lost interest when the transmigration was clarified between the two leads. ... more>>

CN (4.1)

#8Every Day the Protagonist Wants to Capture Me

91 Chapters Every 116.1 Day(s) 16885 Readers 142 Reviews 09-29-2020

Completed Action Comedy Fantasy Romance Xianxia Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- It’s sort of a good book, but very lacklustre when compared to other transmigration/ rebirth novels. ... more>>

CN (4)

#9Wu Chang Jie

281 Chapters Every 68.9 Day(s) 4995 Readers 66 Reviews 08-11-2021

Completed Action Adventure Drama Mature Mystery Romance Smut Supernatural Xianxia Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- I love the translator (Corgi Edits) more than this story. Excellent translation with fantastic footnotes and content warnings. This story however… uhm… ... more>>

So I’m not a fan of this author in the first place but I did relatively enjoy her novel Professional Body Double (I was in the mood for dog blood) and because I’m a huge Xuanhuan/Xianxia fan I was looking forward to Wu Chang Jie. There was some reviews comparing this to ErHa and being a massive Meatbun Stan I really had high hopes for it.

That was a bad idea…

Wu Chang Jie would have been good if it was my first Xuanhuan/Xianxia novel, except it wasn’t. The writing is clunky, the characters are two dimensional and you can literally see where the author had massive author’s block as she wrote. I guess it’s true what they say about this specific author- it’s either you love her or hate her. I really can’t seem to enjoy her work (I’ve dropped two of her other novels, this being the 3rd now)

The flow is really bad and jumping between past and present but leaving no valid room to weave the surprises and villainous twists and turns caused the novel to feel very flat. Also it’s hard to get into the novel because the author uses executive info dumps to move the story forward. The foreshadowing is a few lines of plot between massive amounts of unnecessary information that I would forget anyway. It’s not like it would tie back and wow me in later chapters. The premise was interesting but the characters struggled to carry this story forward and by the end of the novel I was frowning from annoyance and disinterest.

When I got chapter 247 literally felt the way Xie Bian felt when Fan Wushe apologised- Indifferent…

This author has a knack of always writing flimsy MCs and ridiculously sadistic MLs without clearly justifying their behaviour or keeping it consistent. It’s like their actions don’t match their personalities and you struggle to really care about them. You always feel like a bystander instead of feeling invested in their journey and choices. Instead of being able to empathise with her characters, whenever you try to feel for them you’re slapped with a WTF by their sheer s*upidity or inconsistency.

Like you can’t write characters that are unreasonably pitiful but have the fate of the heavens- it’s contrary. And if you think you’re going to get redemption for the abuser MC from the rapist ML (this seems to be this authors favorite type of character to write (gorgeous, lustful dumbhead) - haha! In this book you must wait all your of 230 chapters to get about 40 chapters worth of redemption. The punishment scale is uneven and the redemption unsatisfactory.

This shouldn’t be compared to other novels if you want to remotely enjoy it. I pushed so hard to keep reading and I truly love Corgi Edits and I will read anything they translate because the quality is fantastic.

If you aren’t looking for superb writing, well woven angst and plot, fantastically intricate and dynamic characters (main and side) then go for it. Or better yet, read this as a starter pack into Xuanhuan/Xianxia.

Alternatively give this a skip if you get annoyed fast by inconsistent and mind boggling characters who behave s*upidly but have “imperial destiny”. <<less

CN (4.6)

#10Sha Po Lang

72 Chapters Every 64.5 Day(s) 12326 Readers 110 Reviews 06-30-2022

Completed Action Adventure Comedy Drama Historical Martial Arts Mature Mecha Mystery Romance Shounen Ai Xuanhuan

Rating: 3/5- I’ve been wanting to read a Priest novel for some time now, to understand what all the hype is about. I thought picking Sha Po Lang as a starting point would be a good choice. Boy was I wrong. ... more>>

CN (4.6)

#11New Times, New Hell

9 Chapters Every 199.4 Day(s) 7757 Readers 102 Reviews 04-22-2023

Comedy Fantasy Romance Shounen Ai Slice of Life Supernatural

Rating: 3/5- I really enjoyed this for the most part. Unfortunately around chapter 80 or so the story really starts to drag. ... more>>

CN (4.3)

#12This Omega is Immune to All Abilities

104 Chapters Every 0.4 Day(s) 8022 Readers 92 Reviews 11-02-2020

Completed Action Adult Adventure Romance School Life Sci-fi Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- Dropped at chapter 31. ... more>>

CN (3.9)

#13Everyday, Boss Is Pretending To Be Weak

130 Chapters Every 98.9 Day(s) 6817 Readers 62 Reviews 05-27-2020

Completed Fantasy Romance Supernatural Xuanhuan Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- I got into this quite quickly but then it just sort of fizzled and I never really connected to the characters. ... more>>

CN (4.3)

#14Rebirth of a Supermodel

244 Chapters Every 51.9 Day(s) 11798 Readers 230 Reviews 01-02-2021

Completed Adult Comedy Drama Romance Slice of Life Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- I started out enjoying this and then the boredom kicked in and I dropped it at chapter 113. ... more>>

CN (4.5)

#15The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love

203 Chapters Every 151.7 Day(s) 19513 Readers 416 Reviews 04-09-2018

Completed Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Psychological Romance Smut Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- Dropped at Chapter 10. Aaah I’m just not vibing with this story. ... more>>

CN (3.8)

#16Escape the Infinite Chamber

34 Chapters Every 146.5 Day(s) 5478 Readers 71 Reviews 05-02-2020

Completed Action Fantasy Horror Mature Mystery Psychological Romance Sci-fi Supernatural Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- Dropped at chapter 37 as I began losing interest due to a rather far fetched and very dysfunctional set of characters in a rather lacklustre setting.... more>>

CN (4.3)

#17My Little Poplar

34 Chapters Every 116.4 Day(s) 3108 Readers 48 Reviews 09-18-2022

Action Mature Psychological Romance Smut Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- Dropped at chapter 40, started skimming from chapter 26.... more>>

CN (3.9)

#18I am a Chef in the Modern Era

127 Chapters Every 117.6 Day(s) 6003 Readers 84 Reviews 08-06-2019

Completed Comedy Fantasy Romance Slice of Life Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- Dropped at chapter 50. ... more>>

CN (4)

#19My Family’s Omega Has Just Grown Up

57 Chapters Every 101.7 Day(s) 4679 Readers 46 Reviews 08-17-2020

Completed Romance School Life Slice of Life Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- I’m at chapter 11 now and it’s really very meh. ... more>>

CN (4.6)

#20Your Scandals Are Way Cuter Than You

88 Chapters Every 36.1 Day(s) 4363 Readers 71 Reviews 02-04-2023

Completed Comedy Romance Shounen Ai

Rating: 3/5- Not as interesting as it’s prequel so I found myself growing bored. Paused at chapter 23. ... more>>

CN (3.6)

#21The Door Keeps Getting Smaller And Smaller

0 Chapters Every 1294 Day(s) 1869 Readers 20 Reviews N/A

Completed Adult Fantasy Romance Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- dropped at chapter 25. ... more>>

CN (4.4)

#22Later, He Became a Royal Healer

142 Chapters Every 94.5 Day(s) 7901 Readers 156 Reviews 07-19-2020

Completed Comedy Romance School Life Shounen Ai Slice of Life

Rating: 3/5- Dropped at chapter 15. Characters are overly OP, side characters are really annoying. The voice thing just doesn’t really make sense to me.... more>>