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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

14 reviews

lunalikesbooksss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I love Lan Wangji so much. He's so precious 🥺💜💜

Him saying

"Mine" to Wei Wuxian when he was drunk was so cute! I didn't think we'd get that so soon.

The fact that Wei Wuxian keeps joking around about liking men early in the volume and then later ends up with a man is just so much fun lol. He was so funny throughout most of the volume. 

If you don't want a slow burn with a LOT of plot, this isn't the series for you! I love what's going on though. There's so much. 

I only had a couple of issues with this first volume:
- Wei Wuxian drinks Emperor's Smile and says he never got to have it when he was younger but in the flashback, he did? Not a big deal, but it irked me a bit.
- Lan Wangji tells this long ass story explaining a lot about a specific incident. I would have much rather gotten that information spread out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Alcohol, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Torture

Minor: Sexual harassment and Mental illness

softiejace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Violence

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Pretty solid start for a series.  There's a huge cast of characters who have various forms of address so it can be difficult to keep track of everything in the beginning.

The dynamic between Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji is hard to describe of only because you don't know the whole history they have yet, nor where it will go in the future.  So far, one is basically a class clown/jock type while the other is a stoic nerd type and I'm having a great time with it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, War, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Bullying

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Death, Homophobia, War, Murder, and Mental illness

nightivy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, War, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, Body horror, Confinement, and Suicide

graceskate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Physical abuse, War, Death of parent, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Torture, Grief, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt, Outing, Sexism, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

ara02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

particledamage's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

 I decided to give the novels a try after watching the drama, CQL.

And after reading just volume 1, I will say, I appreciate the novel for expanding and clarifying the lore, but I think my "canon" will be the drama. 

MXTX truly struggles to relay exposition in a smooth manner, instead choosing random info dumps that derail the plot and make it very unclear who knows what. I have no idea what information Wei Wuxian knows (or how he knows it, after coming back) and what information is included just for me, with him unaware. 

This story is a diamond in the rough. Knowing what I know about how this ends (and also how much has been changed from original text to adaption, as I have also read the manhua and also several posts comparing the drama to the novels), I think the drama improved this story which lays down an amazing foundation. Great ideas, intriguing characters, but so much mess in between. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Child abuse, War, Murder, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Mental illness, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Child death

illiteratenerd's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

atlanticgiantpumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I read this book in four days cause my crush really wanted me to read this, and even though my crush is in vain I persevered, though this book made it so enjoyable.  I haven’t read a book that fast since high school (Divergent of all things).  This was very enjoyable, and while slow burn really gets to me because for the love of god y’all need to kiss already, I sqeed like a fan girl when the little tidbits of romance DID pop up.  I’m still mixing up characters because so many people have the same surname, but I’m getting there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Self harm, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Ableism, Child abuse, Hate crime, Bullying, Confinement, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Alcoholism, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Outing, and Mental illness

Any homophobia and abuse is short lived.