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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 2 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

5 reviews

paradicsomleves's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Bullying, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, and War

wickedgrumpy's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This volume was a bit slower paced since it was mostly flashbacks for different POVs that are filling in the backstory of what happened while Wei Wuxian was gone.  I do like non-linear story telling but when the present timeline is such a brief slice in between two rather large portions of the book it felt like it was missing something.

I think this set the tone for what is to come as well and built on the foundation of the relationship with some realizations and playfulness in the shorter bits of the present timeline.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Violence, Body horror, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, and War

tomas_lw's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Both the main story, with Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, and the two rather long flashback sequences are very well written, engaging and thrilling. But the pacing of the book as a whole is quite odd. One story line just kind of stops in the middle of the action and then a hundred page long back story flashback plays out before the initial story continues. As I said, all the stories are *great*, but the pacing is sometimes terrible.

That being said, I absolutely love the characters. Especially Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian, but the supporting cast is also great, Jin Ling, Jiang Cheng, Lan Yuan and many others are *great* foils for the main duo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, and Gore

Minor: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Alcohol

tiredtori's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Hate crime, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Blood, Gore, Torture, and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Classism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Child death, and Suicide attempt

samugranjo's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Body horror, and Sexual harassment