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jackbifrost's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood and War
ts_anne13's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Blood
blacksphinx's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
The only way I know how to describe the prose is to say that it's like a fanfic. It is quite jarring to see such things in an original story I paid money to read - for example, characters' dialog consisting only of "..." or "???????". If you had never read fanfic before, I cannot imagine how this would come across!
The other is something the many fans encouraging me to read it or the discussions I've seen about the book never mention - the transphobic and Islamophobic elements in the plot. It was extremely uncomfortable to hear characters say things like "if I kidnapped someone I thought was a woman and they turned out to be a man in a dress, I'd kill them!" or
Overall, my feelings are really mixed...
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
fifteenthjessica's review against another edition
If you want a boy's love romance in a fantasy setting influenced heavily by ancient China with a side of bloody horror elements, this will be the series for you. I'm not particularly interested in boy's love or bloody ghost stories, so I didn't think there was much reason for me to stick around.
Moderate: Death and Blood
ashriverrrr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Violence and Blood
dottiewankenobi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Really strong start to the series, and I am very excited to keep reading and learn more.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and War
imspaceman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood
shadereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Minor: War
aromarrie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Body horror and War
squinnittowinit'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
The biggest difficulty a reader might have with this book is how many names some of the characters have, as many of them are immortal gods who have gained names over time. Keeping a paper nearby to make a character log or keeping the Heaven Official's Blessing wiki pulled up (but beware spoilers) as you read may be helpful.
Another thing to note is this is a translation from Chinese. In order to more closely capture the meanings of the original text, this version is not quite written in the 'literary English prose' style that English readers may be used to, but it is grammatically correct and overall quite understandable.
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, and Abandonment
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury