Avenue Of Rebirth Chapter 36 Discussion

What first attracted me to this story is that it is pretty well written, props to the author and the TL. Which is both the reason as to why I MTLed it up to c36 before I dropped it and the reason why it's getting 2 instead of only 1 star. But sadly besides the writing style there wasn't much I liked about this story.

First of all, okay I don't like tragedy and am totally not into r*pe (or attempted) as well as (not reaaally a spoiler bc it's obvious who the ML is but~) Spoiler

the rapist (or attempted) being the ML and definitely, definitely not into Dad x Son stuff nonono. Doesn't matter if it's the adopted son or whatever, just no

[collapse] so I probably shouldn't have checked it out anyways... If you don't like that stuff, then hands away from this novel! srsly

Asides from that if you want to read the novel because it's an entertainment type novel, like me, i'd say no, don't do it. Because it isn't really the focus of the story (although the synopsis might make it seem that way). It just skips over interesting bits like their whole debut through a TV program and instead focuses on the MC's relationship with the ML. (Which would be fine, I found the fast-paced parts quite refreshing at first, if i'd like the ML).

Tbh the characters in this novel are a mess. The person MC gets reborn as is really just the normal cannon fodder type, but I really feel pity for him more than anything, but the original only got despised by his adoptive father. The adoptive father/MC is an as*hole and there's nothing likable about him. Spoiler

As soon as MC wakes up in his new body his father tries to r*pe him! YES. and why you might ask? Because the original was attracted to his adoptive father. Imagine a pubescent kid, an age where being sexually and otherwise confused is normal, feeling weird and shameful because he's sexually attracted to his incredibly handsome adoptive father. Weird, sure, but everything the kid does is understandable, since he also received no education nor love from his adoptive father. That's why I pity the kid. But what does the adoptive father do? Well, finding out that the kid has wet dreams about him, he gets disgusted and after an attempted su*cide of the kid he TRIES. TO. r*pe. HIM....

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That mess aside, that side characters and MC himself aren't very good either. All the characters' personalities, aside from being weak or not really fleshed out are inconsistent. Esp. the MC, I feel like his character isn't really thought through, like at all. He's always described as a kitten or no - more like a panther or leopard or whatever, not sure what the author tried to achieve with that, other than being weirdly sexual, but that's really close to the only characteristica the MC gets. The other side characters immediately get set up (really obviously) with a partner themselves for no particular reason, which makes it even more messy.

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Tbh the only thing I wished for in this story after I read up to chapter 36 is that the father and son get together and form a family, and no, not in the romantic or in the s*xual way, but in the normal father and adopted son way.

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