Palace of Bardo
this was such an emotional rollercoaster, and i went into it wholly expecting irredeemable, tragic ending, heartbreak, but i was floored by what we got instead. the story and characters were so well thought out and fleshed out, the character development throughout the story was so good, and i really love the way that the characters were different from their past lives, even though a lot of the things that happen and many of the personality traits are the same, they still are different people who lived different lives. the only things i didn't like about the story were 1) miscommunication/lack of communication, like especially when the poison stuff happens, the fact that the uke never tries to explain that he was controlled or like definitively say his true feelings/intentions. i just. AAAAAA it drives me insane, but it's a common trope so i can't fault the author. and 2) the way the seme is so abusive to his fucking son over the uke's attention, and how it's just not treated like an issue at all. very weird not a fan of that lol. but overall, i loved it so much
At the End of the Road