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I wouldn't say this is one of the best female to male novels, but I've only read 2, BUT the first one I read was eons better than this one. First, um gender doesn't really matter but bc I felt like the MC thought of herself as a girl despite physically being male, this came off as GL for me. Which was unexpected for me bc I only read (bg & bl). That's not why I'm rating it poorly (it was unexpected but I still continued). I'm giving it 2 stars bc she's a terrible father/person. Let me break this down for u (in B.) :A. To get this out of the way, it's slightly sad and funny but in bl you often see terrible, brainless female villains in most bl novels. I generously chalk it up to possible author trauma, but if it's really too annoying then yeah it's obvious they have internalized misogyny. So, this is the first time I'm reading a GL-like novel (this author I found out actually writes mostly gl) and it's interesting to see the opposite play out? There's a sense of misandry. The MC treats her son absolutely terribly. I mean is the son f*cking up? Absolutely. Does this patriarchal society need to be more harsh on guys? Yes as the son should own up to his actions & get punished. But the MC NOT EVER being emotionally and physically there for her son, is kinda wtf. This leads into B.B. So there's only 2 ways to take this imo. (Why the author/MC is such a bad father to the son) Because either 1. The son is merely a 2d character bc he's from a book and he has no possibility in the MC's mind to be anything more than a 2d character. Which is bad writing bc why would the readers care about the son or anything that happens with him if he's this unreal, 2d character. The MC does not once have a constructive, caring conversation with him thus far. But ya know it's forgiveable if you were just looking for a filler book I guess. OR 2. There's some obvious misandry from the MC or author. I mean the MC only spoils the girls, which is fine. I love woman. But if you wanna make these characters real to me, the MC has a responsibility to be a dad to the son. Why does the MC feel inclined to be a good dad to the daughter, but not to the son? By good dad, I mean at least TRYing to put him on the right path, and not just putting him out of your way so he doesn't "ruin your peaceful life". Honestly the MC is an a**hole. She ices out her son, give him the "tough dad" act to the supreme bc she doesn't care about him at all and yea. Idk that sounds like its upholding tocic masculinity (AS A GIRL that she sees herself as inside). She doesn't want be there for him bc she doesn't care about her son.I dropped it bc I was getting bored. It's kinda slow. Very slice of life. If you like gl, you might like this. If you dislike bad, cold dads and you're a guy, this might be triggering even if her son sucks. Look, her son only started out as a little s*upid in the beginning, but the MC never even tried to care as a real dad from the beginning. Bc obviously the son is just a 2d char.