Love Like an Abyss, Suffocating
爱如深渊，窒息
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- Completed
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- 570k Words
- Genre
- Two Male Leads
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- 2y ago
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- The Sparrow Can't Escape Its Golden Cage雀鸟难逃金笼Alternate title on Fanqie
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It's well-written, but while it's not angsty, I didn't find it sweet either. It's really hard to ship; the sweetness is too forced, it's like a toothache 🤔🤔. Faced with power and the coercion of the seme, Nan keeps compromising. As for Shen, he molded Nan into the way he wanted, for example, he liked long hair, so he let Nan grow it, even though Nan didn't like it... And so on.
Quite interesting: unequal love, a rigidly rule-bound extended family, and a huge age gap. The writing is good; surprisingly, I didn't feel any angst. Author, keep up the good work! I can't wait for the next installment! (Itching for more)
It's great, I've watched it several times. It's a forced love story. The protagonist is initially sunny and cheerful, but when he's in school, the male lead's child (a test-tube baby) transfers to the school. The male lead accidentally sees this and forcibly takes the child away and "trains" him.
The author's writing is truly excellent; it drew me into the novel. The opening was incredibly oppressive. It was clearly Shen Shiyuan's fault that dragged him into this hellish situation. Shen had stripped him of everything, like a butterfly without wings, forced to walk on its own two feet to reach its landing point, and Shen Shiyuan was that landing point. Nan Ke could only rely on him.
Although this book made me feel quite frustrated, it was actually quite good. The writing is excellent, but the plot is a bit twisted. It was the first time I felt that forced love could be so terrifying. This book is really going for it. Sigh, I feel sorry for Nan Ke. She was originally an eagle soaring in the sky, but she was bound in the most perfect and safest birdcage built by Shen Shiyuan.
It's so good! It's definitely the best yandere novel I've ever read!
The author's writing is excellent, so much so that it creates a suffocating feeling; it truly is forced love. As the plot unfolds, it's like watching Nan Ke's self-awareness gradually fade, becoming a caged bird, a sparrow in the palm of the powerful, which is heartbreaking.
The author writes very well; the entire story is indeed unequal, from the "little wife" to the "madam," which is a clear manifestation of this inequality. I don't believe there's any abuse directed at the male lead; that's just the author's own wishful thinking. In the end, Nanbao accepts reality and is subdued.
I'll give it a good review. I don't like the forced love at the top, but it's amazing that it was written like this. The details are clear from the description. Hope you ladies are happy! 😅 I have mixed feelings about it. The novel is quite good, although it's honestly a bit anti-human; if it were real, I'd commit suicide 😅. But it's really good; there's nothing the author can't write. 👍
A more serious assessment would be: the writing is delicate, the timeline is clear, and the emotions are rich. My personal opinion is this: This book has been on my shelf for a long time, and I've only ever reread the first six chapters. I don't like stories of fledgling eagles with broken wings; they belong to the sky, living freely and happily their own lives.