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Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 3 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
35 reviews
vigil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
i’ve narrowed down my main issue with tgcf. it feels like, and practically written like multiple different stories, yet the author tries to cram them into one while they go down kicking and screaming, yet can’t truly make either side satisfying enough. mxtx has good ideas and excellent character work, but ideas aren’t enough, especially when they’re drawn out too long, or not long enough. this book is trying to a mix of plot driven and character driven, but the plot is too shaky in its execution that it had to carried by the characters in an unnatural manner, as this wasn’t meant to happen occur in the first place.
that’s why, for me, once we reach the second half, some of the romance between hualian rings hollow, like the author is making up for everything she didn’t do in the first half.
and the first half is just simply not intriguing enough for me. any vague interest i had in xie lian’s past was immediately dashed once i had to read 200+ of the longest pages in my life about it. not because it was sad, because it was a drag to get through.
the side characters in this are more prominent but we still have next to zero for the mains aside from xie lian.
this just. really needed an editor. i dread to think what the extra 100k words that are planning to be added will be like in a novel that is already bloated and overwritten.
Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Miscarriage, and Murder
fran_buesa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Death, Self harm, and War
cait's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and War
bookishcryptid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, and Self harm
aardwyrm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Ableism, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, and War