Things I've read (BL)

Things I've read (BL)
Various BL novels that I've read so far and my opinions on them. I'll update this later, can't be bothered to remember and search for all the stuff I've read.  I've discovered that I love fluff and prefer healthy relationships so my comments reflect that but not all of the novels I like adhere to that and certainly not all the novels I've read.

It starts from the stuff I like (the order is based on themes, setting and genre not how much I like them), then goes into classics territory, then into "stuff that were kind of entertaining and okay but definitely not amazing" and then into "okay but kind of boring" and lastly into "I would rather have not wasted my time reading it but the ratings were good so some people may like it" (the ones here were either really bad or were good at first or in someway built expectation only to heavily disappoint). I've recently also added ones that were bad and had bad ratings which speaks for itself. Novels that aren't on NU but are interesting are in the comments.

I've removed most of the novels that were categorized as smut from this list but some of the yaoi (and also some of the shounen ai) stuff may still have some explicit scenes. 

Also, I really hate lecturing and virtue signaling in novels but I forgot to add comments for that and now I don't remember which ones were like that. If I remember I'll add that to my comments.
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Created: Jun 15th, 2021, Updated: Apr 27th, 2024
Created Jun 15th, 2021
Updated Apr 27th, 2024
CN (4.7)
13 Chapters Every 80.2 Day(s) 2335 Readers 37 Reviews 07-03-2021
Eh, it was okay. It had a cute happy ending with some angst and comedy in the middle (the comedy, for the most part, was not my type) but it wasn't what I was expecting from the name and synopsis. Honestly I didn't like or dislike it, it was just very neutral. ... more>>
CN (4.6)
67 Chapters Every 68 Day(s) 6075 Readers 127 Reviews 07-27-2021
I had really low expectations for this because of the title and cover and while it was better than I initial thought it still wasn't that great. ... more>>
CN (4.3)
113 Chapters Every 70.9 Day(s) 9121 Readers 52 Reviews 01-02-2022
I dropped this pretty early. Didn't like the MC or ML and the reviews say that there are too many irrelevant flashbacks which I personally... more>>
CN (4.2)
82 Chapters Every 87.1 Day(s) 4824 Readers 82 Reviews 10-15-2020
Okay so this could have been great. ... more>>
CN (4.5)
29 Chapters Every 58.7 Day(s) 5299 Readers 30 Reviews 02-20-2022
This started out well and at the beginning it was very entertaining but the MC is such an ***. ... more>>
CN (4)
11 Chapters Every 81.3 Day(s) 1468 Readers 20 Reviews 04-02-2024
It was a nice fluffy story with an interesting premise. The MC was was a bit frustratuing and the ML was a bit abusive but... more>>
CN (4.1)
86 Chapters Every 1.7 Day(s) 1443 Readers 10 Reviews 04-26-2024
It's an interstellar transmigration story with many cliches, not a fan of the characters but entertaining enough for when you're bored with no high quality new stuff to read. ... more>>
CN (4.2)
144 Chapters Every 21.9 Day(s) 5511 Readers 102 Reviews 07-05-2023
The MC can be summed up in three words; depressed, good-looking and slightly responsible. I found them tedious, both the plot and the characters, so I dropped it. I read till the middle since the rating was good and the comments all praised it but I regret it, I feel like it was a huge waste of time.... more>>
CN (4.3)
40 Chapters Every 28 Day(s) 7058 Readers 78 Reviews 03-22-2024
The MC was annoying and unlikable. The golden finger was obvious and made things very unsatisfactory. I found it beyond irritating. To be honest I could even somewhat relate to the initial antagonist (the transmigrated brother) to some extent despite how it's made clear that he's motivated by self interest and jealousy and is made to seem irredeemable (his initial dissatisfaction with and criticism of the MC after having read the novel holds true in my opinion, regardless of his character). ... more>>
CN (4.4)
69 Chapters Every 52.7 Day(s) 6321 Readers 57 Reviews 04-28-2024
It had some good points but I'm not a fan of unequal relationships and in my opinion the relationship in this novel was very unequal. I'm also not a fan of one party being completely whipped/always loosing which was very present in this novel. ... more>>
CN (4.3)
168 Chapters Every 61.1 Day(s) 11478 Readers 156 Reviews 03-19-2023
I enjoyed the early parts of this and it could have been great but the MC started getting on my nerves after a while. I... more>>
CN (4.6)
76 Chapters Every 27.1 Day(s) 6809 Readers 46 Reviews 01-21-2024
I'll still give this a chance because everyone is speaking well of it and I only MTLed a bit, there's still a possibility of it getting better but so far I'm not liking it much.... more>>
CN (4.1)
99 Chapters Every 137.9 Day(s) 16021 Readers 249 Reviews 04-24-2021
The first 2 volumes were great, then after that it becomes so bad you're left wondering if half of it is written by a ghost writer or something. ... more>>
CN (4.6)
133 Chapters Every 3.6 Day(s) 7854 Readers 101 Reviews 04-26-2024
The name doesn't convey what this is actually about well. This is so low on my list because it contains a pet peeve of mine, the omegas here are interchangeable with woman, in fact I'd go so far as to say this is a very outdated and caricaturish women's rights novel.... more>>
CN (4.2)
9 Chapters Every 93.2 Day(s) 1626 Readers 12 Reviews 09-01-2022
Creative setting but boring story with unlikeable characters and the MC seemed to love no one in the worlds he traveled to (prob liked the... more>>
CN (4.4)
107 Chapters Every 14.7 Day(s) 6960 Readers 72 Reviews 10-24-2023
As I'm sure you can tell from the name, this novel is literally the definition of tr*shy. It doesn't have any substance and is very cheesy but depending on your mood it can still be somewhat entertaining (it really depends on your mood though). It honestly reads like a badly written fanfic.... more>>
CN (3.7)
62 Chapters Every 94.1 Day(s) 4077 Readers 48 Reviews 10-03-2020
I wasn't sure whether to put this with the boring novels or here in the regret pile but in the end I don't think this story was "okay but boring", it really didn't have some sort of saving grace, at least in my eyes. It could have been alright but it was just done so badly that it became utterly uninteresting. ... more>>
CN (4.1)
54 Chapters Every 32.3 Day(s) 1571 Readers 23 Reviews 01-24-2023
The MC is a pedo with a foot fetish who spends his time grooming a traumatised child half his age. The ML sees his father... more>>
CN (3.4)
122 Chapters Every 46.7 Day(s) 5484 Readers 30 Reviews 09-04-2022
I've read this ages ago. This wasn't well written, interesting or original. The couple had no chemistry and the novel just dragged on. The ML... more>>
CN (4)
69 Chapters Every 135.7 Day(s) 10610 Readers 179 Reviews 02-22-2021
I read this ages ago too (It's been so many years, I completely forgot about this but I accidentally saw it again so here it is).... more>>
CN (3.7)
82 Chapters Every 89.5 Day(s) 7784 Readers 56 Reviews 08-09-2023
Another one from a long time ago (around the same time I read the one above it) and I can only say it wasn't all that memorable. I looked through the reviews and finally remembered that this was something I've read and back then I even finished it but my standards were lower than dirt at that time. ... more>>
CN (4.5)
203 Chapters Every 150.1 Day(s) 19397 Readers 414 Reviews 04-09-2018
Honestly I don't remember much about this, I just know I dropped it and I didn't like it much. I liked the very early chapters... more>>
CN (4.4)
0 Chapters Every 2169 Day(s) 11710 Readers 101 Reviews 07-15-2018
If you want an MC with at least a sliver of decency don't bother with this. If, on the other hand, you want a violent... more>>
CN (3.4)
4 Chapters Every 135.3 Day(s) 720 Readers 1 Reviews 11-13-2022
I should have checked the tags first. The insest, torture, r*pe, etc and the obsessive and destructive nature of the relationship and how everyone is... more>>
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  1. DewDropsOnMellons
    DewDropsOnMellons· Author · Sep 8, 2023 09:16 PM

    论渣男改造的一千种姿势 (On a thousand ways to transform a scumbag)

    I've read 153 chapters so far and I loved it. The romance was cute and I really would have loved to see more of the side couples and the main couple after the HE.

    Edit: Added to list above, it is being translated but I only read the mtl.

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  2. DewDropsOnMellons
    DewDropsOnMellons· Author · May 20, 2023 09:03 PM

    稳住,你可以[穿书] Hold on, you can

    I'm still reading it but its been entertaining so far.

    I absolutely hate the comments on weight and weight loss, it just felt so unbelievably gross. Same with the way alpha x alpha was treated.

    While we're on that, I actuqlly really liked the wu alpha guy and the MC together from the wu guy's perspective. I felt like if given the chance, it could create a more interesting dynamic than the current couple but it's a shame that the MC isn't even slightly interested and actively dislikes the guy.

    The main couple were alright, so were the characters and the plot. We will have to see about the rest later as the story progresses. Also I really want a nice sweet wonderful love interest for the older brother of the MC because he is so sweet and deserves some love, peace and trust and happiness.

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    Finished! It was an unsatisfactory ending with loose threads and the side couple(s) didn't get much attention. The extra was disappointing to say the least. The ending felt rushed but it wasn't that bad compared to many and did manage to tie up some of the threads at least. I'm so curious about why the old wu guy saw his son in his dream. Also, the other consciousness was treated so badly I felt horrible for it. It didn't seem like a good person at all but my god did was he pitiful. 

    The main couple got kind of boring and the CP that I was most interested in got nowhere (wu fuyu x xie ling). I'm sad :(

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  3. DewDropsOnMellons
    DewDropsOnMellons· Author · May 11, 2023 06:01 PM

    加菲猫复仇记 garfield's revenge 

    In general I liked it, the couple was cute and the characters were not too offensive.

    There was one particular part that annoyed me though. In that section, the relationship was unequal in more ways than one. The ML loved way more than the MC. The MC was obnoxious, annoying, unreasonable, self-important and unlikeable. 

    He's also a nepo-baby even after rebirth, which, as a working class citizen, I find gross (getting high quality jobs without any official qualification and behaving as he likes in the work place and being inappropriate with his bosses, it's just yuck).

    The ML does way too much coaxing and the MC just enjoys it and plays hard-to-get but hardly ever has to do the compromise or coaxing himself which is another thing I hate in romance stories (if it exists it must be 100% mutual, both the pining and the compromising and chasing).

    Apart from that, it was enjoyable and cute and you could see that they both care and are good together.

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  4. DewDropsOnMellons
    DewDropsOnMellons· Author · Dec 10, 2022 12:01 AM

    ABO: Why Is It Possible For This Type Of A To Also Have An O? (为什么这种A也能有O)

    I wanted to know more about the side couples. Every time an important scene happened with them and it was going somewhere it was cut off at an important point and never revisited. 

    The story had a similar problem to other stuff like it, it got boring after the couple got together. 

    The side couple were great (the peach soda couple) and there was even another possible side couple with the military omega and a delicate alpha but none of the went anywhere. The story ended and we didn't get to see much of the first and saw nothing of the second. There was also an issue brough up regarding an insecurity with the psychologist couple where the alpha held back on marking the omega and completely understood the matter logically but emotionally felt a bit bitter about it. They also had an issue where the omega clearly was having some sort of trouble which was alluded to but not explored. 

    Too many open ends for my taste. The decision to make the main alpha someone else and have the omega find out before falling in love was a smart one though. You get both angst and healing without feeling horrible (I don't believe in second chances for abusers).

    It's fluffy and SFW but it also has tragic deaths, side characters not being able to recover from long term abuse, and lots of open ends with side couples that get you intrigued and build expectations only to be left behind by the story.

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  5. DewDropsOnMellons
    DewDropsOnMellons· Author · Jul 26, 2021 07:54 PM

    quick-transmigration: is it better to be a beta (as in beta reader, not omega-verse) 

    It's a good QT novel on par with don't pick up boyfriends from the tr*sh (it isn't on here, it's on chrysanthemums garden and webnovel): Definitely would recommend if you like those sorts of novels.

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