rouyourboat's review

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I found the translations too poor, and the content too unsuitable. It was very very triggering, which made the jokes come off wrong. 

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vael's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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moonlitreading_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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bedheadandbl's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If I could give this book more than five stars I would! It is beautifully written and paced, the adventure and fantasy elements are well laid out and interesting, the characters are complex and draw you in. I’m so dedicated to this adventure and cannot wait to start book two!

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paradicsomleves's review against another edition

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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


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rhiaintheclouds's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

honestly this too me a while to get into, i struggled with the way it was written at first and it was difficult bc
rooting for the villain as the main character was so hard & even throughout i couldn't help but be annoyed the ML, especially once we saw even more of the person that he hated.
🫠 I love the characters so much, like so damn much especially Chu Wanning. Like i cannot, this man will forever have my heart. i didn't rlly see any issues with the book & i loved the story so it's 4.75 bumped up to a 5 bc of enjoyment purposes. I couldn't put the book down tbh😭

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steph_weigle's review

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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cammaleahh's review

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

5.0


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laylacarstairss's review

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

4.0


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vespix's review

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

4.75

Trigger warning: wanton sexual harassment. This reprobate one liked it anyway.

Unlike Heaven's Official's Blessing in the same genre, I found 2ha well written and/or well translated. The prose was good, the humour hit, the plot got satisfactorily far in its almost 500 pages. The plot is twisted and fucked up, but you have been warned of that already.

Taxian-jun, the evil emperor of the cultivation world, had once been just Mo Ran, a disciple of a proper cultivational sect. He'd had a bright future ahead of him, but his mentor's failure — refusal — to save his belovedʼs life had pushed him onto the dark path. He'd avenged himself in time, defeating his mentor, Chu Wanning, and keeping him as a pet captive for years before ultimately murdering him. 

In the first chapter, we see the last of Taxian-jun. Tired of living, he takes poison rather than fall to a rebel army at his gates, and passes with no further regrets. To his surprise, he wakes up after that, and it is in the body of his fifteen-year-old self, when his life was good and none of the tragedies that would form Taxian-jun had yet happened.

And so Mo Ran, in possession of all his wisdom and memories from the previous life, decides to cheese his way through his second run. He already knows the steps, the traps and opportunities. He is prepared to save his beloved's life on his own, and to hell with his mentor...

Alas, his once-terrifying shizun Chu Wanning is irrevocably superimposed in his mind over the man heʼd held as a bed slave for years, and between the resulting blunders and his attempts to meddle, the future may yet twist out of Mo Ran's hand... 

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