I didn't expect the writer to deal with the non-con so well, although I usually don't like MCs with weak personalities... but honestly it's radically different here, the MC's personality and the environment he grew up in and the reactions he showed were so convincing that I ignored my preferences and even loved him a lot. In short, he's the kind of character who was forced throughout his life to focus on other people's problems instead of himself and to literally walk by the wall without making mistakes, not because he's necessarily good, but because he didn't have the luxury to live for himself. In short, he became what he is now, unable to truly see himself as someone who deserves happiness and such, and believe me, it was convincing to a frightening degree.
As for the ML, he lived in an environment where he was subjected to violence, which forced him to become a wolf unable to understand his feelings. Of course, I don't even want to talk about the writer's wonderful portrayal of the effect of parents raising their children on what they become.
At this point, the two meet after 10 years of Separation, one carrying guilt and the other hatred. It was a shocking start
Spoiler
As expected the ML r*ped the MC multiple times in a honestly heartbreaking way just because their mother chose the MC (which It turned out later that she wanted to take both of them with her by legal means, but she failed bc the father's deep-rooted connections.) and gave him to his father and he showed no remorse for his actions. And later he became s*upid (the easiest way to start redemption without actually making effort to make the charecter more like human) unlike the comments I really hated the second third of the novel and would have preferred the author to focus on developing the ML and explaining all the s*upid sh*t he did... instead of making him an idiot but after thinking about it I think this was the only way to make the MC have a soft spot and moaning about him being so lonely that he actually loved the s*upid side of his rapist brother
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I'm giving the novel 3 stars because the author left so many gaps in what the ML did and why... when did he ever realize his feelings? and when did he regret it? are all things that were not mentioned... The chasing arc was overall sucha disappointment
