Tyrs

I think it is not malevolence but you genuinely do not understand the reason for these negative reactions from some of the readers.Let me try to elaborate. You set very specific expectations with your Synopsis, but you go in the opposite way with the novel , especially the first chapters ( which are incredibly important to draw in your audience). And this fact alone is what is causing the backlash. Let me give some exact examples ( minor spoilers from the first few chapters) .Based on the Synopsis quite a few readers will expect something along these lines : First chapter : when the MC learns her name and believes that being associated with her will drastically decrease his survival chances . Based on Your synopsis the expectation quite a few readers will have is to see how the MC plans to get rid of the death flag ( what is planning to do about it, how he will try to distance himself from her, how he will try to run for the proverbial hills). That he succeeds, succeeds temporarily ( for later to create events bringing them back together ) , or fails it is up to you , the author.What matters is that he tries and tries as his life depends on it, cause from what he knows it does. Mumbling something to her and then just accepting the death flag breaks the expectations set by the synopsis. Chapter 8 : Pretty much the most cliche challenge to a fight ( nothing wrong with this) . What is 'wrong' - based on the synopsis - is how the MC reacts to to it , Anything else would have been expected except jumping head first into it( like how any reckless MC would do). This is a defining moment where you , the author , set the tone of the novel and tell the readers what the MC is all about. What you tell the readers is that the MC is not able to navigate the most basic of the cliches , while he is probably the safest and having the most options he will ever had in the novel.With this action you invalidate everything you have put into the synopsis. Once again there is nothing wrong with the action itself it just goes 180 of the expectation set by the Synopsis. Conclusion : As long as that Synopsis stays up , you will get negative backlash from a portion of the readers . In my opinion it will makes you loose more readers than draw in.

Warning for the fellow readers : misleading synopsis. The 'survival rules' are broken from the first chapter. Within a few pages ( while he has barely any training whatsoever ) accepts the most cliche challenge to a fight while having at least a dozen ways to avoid it or postpone it . Just the "normal' type of reckless MC , we all know.Seems to be a decent novel otherwise, I dropped it the moment I understood the synopsis is a lie.

All you need to know if this novel is for you or not : 1.Niche elements : Two of MCs lovers are in a sexual relationship. One is trans and the other one sleeps also with someone else who is not a lover of the MC. 2.Reactive MC : Lacks agency, gets moved by the plot rather than moving it himself . In 100 chapters the MC did not make a single meaningful decision (twice got close to actually making one, but he never acted on it). Stuff just happens and he reacts . 3.Virtue Signaling elements.

Thank you very much for validating my point . Sure , Harry Potter is not a "train book" because there is a train in it , but if the train would have been the main character , then yeah , it would have been referred to as a "train book" among other things . No matter what mental gymnastics you try to engage into , or how many insults you're throwing, when your main character is a "man trapped into a woman's body" or a woman with a male genitalia and a recurring element in your novel is the explicit exploration of his/her sexuality that isn't "just" a novel with fringe LGBTQ elements, but it is quite firmly into LGBTQ territory . While I do understand your reluctance in advertising your engagement into niche territories such as LGBTQ , that does not change the fact you have intentionally excluded it from the tagging system , nor that my fellow readers are entitled to be warned of such behaviors before delving into your product .

Intentional oversight in tagging this novel.This is an LGBTQ novel.

This is ChatGPT in its full glory.The low rating is not because AI was used...as a customer what I am interested is the end result not caring about the tools used to write this.The low rating is because the author didn't even took the time to make some editing to get rid of the generalist and impersonal tone of the AI , instead just copy paste entire paragraphs .

I simply could not read past chapter 20. After what happens in the very first chapters, the protagonist and his new companion agree to keep a low profile and lit on fire the scene ,so the gangs would think that his companion is also dead.Once they arrive in the 'city' ,how do they do that? By being as high profile as possible , posing as rich outsiders (which in author's own words : rare sightings ).Yep.....that's pretty much the definition of blending in....As that was not enough....what did they do next? They went to the place his companion frequented the most...cause obviously everyone knows in case someone stages their death...the very first thing they must do is to go to the places where the ppl they know of them hang around. This tells me enough of what the author's thinks a well executed plan is.